Chapter 26 of Numbers consisted of a very important census which determined the sizes of the inheritances each tribe of Israel would receive. Because Blogger limits the number of labels per post, I have had to divide the study of chapter 26 into eight short posts, as all the names mentioned are of importance. The previous posts are linked here:
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 1
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 2
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 3
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 4
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 5
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 6
Continuing with part 7:
(Numbers 26:57) And these are those who were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of
Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the
Merarites.
The tribe of Levi was not numbered with the other tribes as it did not consist of men of war, but was rather devoted to God for His service. The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and their families were numbered in a census.
(58) 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.
From the three sons of Levi came the families of the Libnites from Gershon's son Libni; the Hebronites from Hebron the son of Kohath; the Mahlites and the Mushites from the sons of Merari--Mahli and Mushi; and the Korathites from Korah, the son of Izhar, who was the son of Kohath. In Numbers 3:18-21 we were told of more sons of Gershon and Kohath, but they are not mentioned here as having families. Gershon's son Shimei does not appear to have a family, perhaps because he either had no sons, or if he did, they died without sons, and therefore there was no family to be counted at this time. Kohath's son Uzziel was not mentioned here although we had been told previously in Numbers 6:22 that he had sons Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri, but they apparently had no families tracing their descent to him. Kohath's son Amram is mentioned.
(59) The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
Kohath's son Amram married Jochebed the daughter of Levi, and they were the parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Because Blogger limits the number of labels each post may have, I have to continue the numbering of the descendants of Levi in yet another short post:
Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 8
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