Bible Strands
Numbers 26:58
These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records a second census in the plains of Moab, cataloging Israel’s tribal and family structures just before the conquest of Canaan.
The words — מִשְׁפְּחֹת (mishpeḥōt) designates the extended family units or clans, while לֵוִי (Levi) identifies the patriarch whose descendants are being enumerated.
The thread — The Kohathite lineage continues in Exodus 6:20 through Amram to Aaron and Moses, while Numbers 3:17 establishes Kohath as one of Levi’s three primary sons. Numbers 16:1 later references Korah, a descendant of this same Kohathite line.
Why it lands — The text preserves specific family names to maintain tribal identity and clarify inheritance boundaries, requiring the reader to track genealogical continuity without adding theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- Numbers 3:17 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 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