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Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
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A Sacred Responsibility
Commentators explain that the Kohathites, the family line detailed in this verse, were given the most important charge among the Levites. As kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, they were entrusted with carrying the Ark of the Covenant, the altars, and other especially sacred furniture.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites So called from Amram, the first son of Kohath, and father of Aaron a…
The Levites were in three classes according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendant…
