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Exodus 6:24
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records genealogical data within the broader account of Moses and Aaron’s mission to Pharaoh, specifically tracing the family of Levi. This verse names Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph as the sons of Korah and identifies them as the founding divisions of the Korahite group.
The words — The text employs מִשְׁפְּחֹת (mish.pe.chot) for "clans" and הַקָּרְחִי (ha.qar.chi) for "Korahite," terms that designate formalized family units rather than individual descendants. These lexical markers institutionalize the names listed immediately prior in the verse.
The thread — This lineage is cross-referenced in 1 Chronicles 6:22 as part of the Kohathite descent and in Numbers 16:1 as the ancestral line from which Korah emerges. Exodus 6:21 supplies the preceding generation by identifying Korah as the son of Izhar.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to register a static genealogical record before any narrative conflict unfolds. It demands attention to how institutional family structures are documented as a prerequisite for understanding subsequent historical events.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 6:22 The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
- Exodus 6:21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
- Numbers 16:1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
- Numbers 16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
- Numbers 26:9 and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
- 1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
- 1 Chronicles 6:37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
- Psalms 84:1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!