And these were the sons of Levi by their names. From this it appears that the tribe of Levi, like the others, had made astonishing progres…

And these were the sons of Levi, by their names
The immediate offspring and descendants of that patriarch: <…

The Levites were in three cla es according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendants…