And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A man ... a daughter of Levi - Amram and Jochebed. See (Exodus 6:20).

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

There went. —Compare Genesis 35:22; Hosea 1:3. The expression is idiomatic, and has no special force.

A …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And there went. I have preferred rendering the verb in the pluperfect tense (abierat, “there had gone”) to prevent all ambiguity. For unle…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Ver. 1. And there went a man of the house of Levi

This man Exodus 2:2

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deli…

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