Verse 47

To the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, they gave thirteen cities.

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  • Exod 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their generations.
  • Num 3:20 : 20 The sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, according to their fathers' houses.
  • Num 3:33-36 : 33 To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites. These are the clans of Merari. 34 Their census, counting every male a month old and upward, numbered 6,200. 35 The leader of the fathers' house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari included the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, all its fittings, and all the work associated with these.
  • Num 4:42 : 42 The Merarite men were counted by their families and by their ancestral houses.
  • Num 7:8 : 8 Four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the supervision of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
  • Num 10:17 : 17 Then the Tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the Tabernacle, set out.
  • Josh 21:7 : 7 The descendants of Merari, by their families, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
  • Josh 21:34-40 : 34 To the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, and Kartah with its pasture lands, 35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 36 From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands, 37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 38 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in total. 40 In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.
  • 1 Chr 23:21 : 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
  • 1 Chr 23:28 : 28 Their job was to assist the descendants of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, overseeing the courtyards, the rooms, the ceremonial cleansing of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God.