1 Chronicles 6:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 23:21 : 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
1 Chr 24:26 : 26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
Exod 6:19 : 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
Num 3:20 : 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Num 26:57-58 : 57 And these are they that 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. 58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 6:19
96%
19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
Num 3:17-21
5 verses
93%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
1 Chr 6:47
87%
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Num 3:33-34
2 verses
83%
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
1 Chr 6:1-3
3 verses
83%
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chr 6:16-18
3 verses
83%
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chr 23:21
83%
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
1 Chr 24:30
81%
30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
1 Chr 24:26-27
2 verses
80%
26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
Gen 46:11
79%
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 6:29-30
2 verses
79%
29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
Num 26:57-58
2 verses
79%
57And these are they that 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.
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Num 4:42
78%
42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
1 Chr 6:43-45
3 verses
78%
43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
Num 4:29
76%
29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;
Exod 6:16-17
2 verses
75%
16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.
17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
1 Chr 23:23
75%
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
1 Chr 15:6
75%
6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
1 Chr 6:20
75%
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Num 4:45-46
2 verses
74%
45These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
1 Chr 9:14
73%
14And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
1 Chr 6:37-38
2 verses
73%
37the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chr 23:6
73%
6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exod 6:24
72%
24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
Ezra 8:19
72%
19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
1 Chr 6:6
71%
6and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
1 Chr 26:19
71%
19These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Num 3:27
70%
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
1 Chr 6:63
70%
63Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Num 26:45
70%
45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
1 Chr 6:22
70%
22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
Num 4:33
69%
33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.