This is the record of the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after their ancestor Gershon. The Kohathite clan, named after their ancestor Kohath. The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor Merari.

Commentaries

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John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites. He treats separately of the tribe of Levi, which God had set apart from the rest of …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Ver. 57-62. And these are they that were numbered of the
Levites, after their families
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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It did not come under the sentence, that none of them should enter Ca…