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Numbers 3:17–20

17 These were the names of the sons of Levi:s

Gershon,t Kohathu and Merari.v

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans:

Libni and Shimei.w

19 The Kohathite clans:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.x

20 The Merarite clans:y

Mahli and Mushi.z

These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

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Numbers 3:17–20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers’ houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

Numbers 3:17–20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

18 The clans descended from Gershon were named after two of his descendants, Libni and Shimei.

19 The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi.

These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups.

Numbers 3:17–20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

18 The Gershonite family groups were Libni and Shimei.

19 The Kohathite family groups were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 The Merarite family groups were Mahli and Mushi.

These were the family groups of the Levites.

Numbers 3:17–20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were the sons of Levi. 

18 Libni and Shimei were the sons of Gershon. Their families were named after them. 

19 Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel were the sons of Kohath. Their families were named after them. 

20 Mahli and Mushi were the sons of Merari. Their families were named after them. 

These were the households of Levite families. 

Numbers 3:17–20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 Kohath’s sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 The sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.

Numbers 3:17–20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.

Numbers 3:17–20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 The sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

18 The major families from Gershon were

Libni and Shimei.

19 The major families from Kohath were

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

20 The major families from Merari were

Mahli and Mushi.

Those were the major families of the Levites.

Numbers 3:17–20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;

19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

20 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers households.


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