Verse 4

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites listed by their fathers.

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  • Exod 6:25 : 25 Eleazar, the son of Aaron, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites according to their clans.
  • 1 Chr 6:50 : 50 By lot, they gave cities from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin, naming these specific cities.
  • Ezra 7:1-5 : 1 After these events, during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah— 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub— 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth— 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki— 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
  • Ezra 8:2 : 2 Of the descendants of Phinehas: Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar: Daniel; of the descendants of David: Hattush.
  • Ps 106:30-31 : 30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped. 31 It was credited to him as righteousness for all generations to come.
  • 1 Chr 9:20 : 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar was the leader over them formerly, and the Lord was with him.
  • Num 25:6-9 : 6 Then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he rose from among the assembly, took a spear in his hand, 8 followed the Israelite man into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—the Israelite man and the woman—into her belly. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped. 9 But those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand. 10 The LORD said to Moses, 11 'Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by being as zealous as I am for my honor among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.'
  • Num 25:13 : 13 'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'
  • Num 31:6 : 6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took the holy vessels and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand.
  • Josh 22:13 : 13 So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
  • Josh 22:30-32 : 30 Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words spoken by the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, and they were pleased. 31 Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, 'Today we know that the LORD is among us because you have not committed this act of treachery against Him. Instead, you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD's hand.' 32 Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report to them.
  • Josh 24:33 : 33 Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of his son Phinehas, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  • Judg 20:28 : 28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was ministering before it. They asked, "Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjaminites, our brothers, or shall we stop?" The LORD answered, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."
  • 1 Chr 6:4-6 : 4 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites listed by their fathers. 5 From Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah. 6 His son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.