Genesis 46:11

And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

Exodus 6:16

And these are the names of the sons of levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.

Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, in the order of their generations.

Numbers 3:17

These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and kohath and Merari.

Numbers 3:20

And the sons of merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

Numbers 3:33

From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

Numbers 3:35

The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.



Numbers 4:29

The sons of merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

Numbers 4:33

This is the work which the sons of Merari are to do in connection with the Tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:42

And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

Numbers 4:45

This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

Numbers 7:8

And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 10:17

Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

Numbers 26:57

These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.



Joshua 21:7

The children of merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:34

And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;

Joshua 21:40

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

1-Chronicles 6:1

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1-Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1-Chronicles 6:19

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites listed by the names of their fathers.

1-Chronicles 6:29

The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,



1-Chronicles 6:44

And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

1-Chronicles 6:47

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

1-Chronicles 6:63

And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

1-Chronicles 6:77

To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its outskirts, Tabor with its outskirts;

1-Chronicles 9:14

And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

1-Chronicles 15:6

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;

1-Chronicles 15:17

So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of merari their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, were put in position by the Levites;



1-Chronicles 23:6

And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1-Chronicles 23:21

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: eleazar and Kish.

1-Chronicles 24:26

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah.

1-Chronicles 24:27

The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri.

1-Chronicles 26:10

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);

1-Chronicles 26:19

These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

2-Chronicles 29:12

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;



2-Chronicles 34:12

And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

Ezra 8:19

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;





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