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Num. 3:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Merari
Mrariy (Hebrew #4847)
bitter; Merari, an Israelite
KJV usage: Merari. See also 4848.
Pronounce: mer-aw-ree'
Origin: from 4843
by their families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
; Mahli
Machliy (Hebrew #4249)
sick; Machli, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Mahli.
Pronounce: makh-lee'
Origin: from 2470
, and Mushi
Muwshiy (Hebrew #4187)
from 4184; sensitive; Mushi, a Levite
KJV usage: Mushi.
Pronounce: moo-shee'
Origin: or Mushshiy {mush-shee'}
. These are the families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
of the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
according to the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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More on:

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Fathers,
House,
Levites,
Mahli, Mahali,
Merari; Merarites,
Mushi; Mushites,
Son

Cross References

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Num. 3:33• 33{i}Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.{/i} (Num. 3:33)
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Ex. 6:19• 19{i}And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.{/i} (Ex. 6:19)
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1 Chron. 6:19,29,44‑47• 19{i}The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.{/i}
 29{i}The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,{/i}
 44{i}And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,{/i}
 45{i}the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,{/i}
 46{i}the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,{/i}
 47{i}the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.{/i} (1 Chron. 6:19,29,44‑47)
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1 Chron. 15:6• 6{i}of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;{/i} (1 Chron. 15:6)
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1 Chron. 23:21‑23• 21{i}The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.{/i}
 22{i}And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.{/i}
 23{i}The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.{/i} (1 Chron. 23:21‑23)
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1 Chron. 24:27‑30• 27{i}The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.{/i}
 28{i}Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.{/i}
 29{i}Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.{/i}
 30{i}And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.{/i} (1 Chron. 24:27‑30)
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1 Chron. 25:3• 3{i}Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.{/i} (1 Chron. 25:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)