Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 24:30

"And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers` houses." — 1 Chronicles 24:30 (ASV)

The sons also of Mushi. —As in 1 Chronicles 23:23. (See Notes there.) Only the names of the houses or classes are mentioned, without those of the chiefs. (Compare to 1 Chronicles 24:23, above.)

These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. —Rather, according to their father-houses (clans). This concluding statement proves that the original of 1 Chronicles 24:20–30 contained a complete catalogue of the Levitical houses or clans, exclusive of the Aaronites. How far the apparent defects of the present Hebrew text reproduce those of its archetype, and how far they are due to errors of transcription, cannot now be decided.