Numbers 3:17 Cross References

Numbers 3:17

17: Levi had three sons, who were named Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the descendants of Levi, listed according to their family groups. In the first generation were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi, their father, lived to be 137 years old.)
The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom is the ancestor of a clan.
The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed according to their genealogies.

By now Balaam realized that the LORD intended to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as he often did. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
and this is the prophecy he delivered: "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of the man whose eyes see clearly,
who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls down with eyes wide open:
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!

The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei.
The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent:

For each lamb offered as a whole burnt offering, you must also present one quart of wine for a drink offering.
"If the sacrifice is a ram, give three quarts of choice flour mixed with two and a half pints of olive oil,
and give two and a half pints of wine for a drink offering. This sacrifice will be very pleasing to the LORD.
"When you present a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice in fulfillment of a special vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
then the grain offering accompanying it must include five quarts of choice flour mixed with two quarts of olive oil,

When Balaam returned, the king was standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.
This was the prophecy Balaam delivered: "Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills. `Come,' he said, `curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel's doom.'
But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned?
I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.
Who can count Jacob's descendants, as numerous as dust? Who can count even a fourth of Israel's people? Let me die like the righteous; let my life end like theirs."

Now the leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city, at this time. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were.
And the people commended everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem.
Here is a list of the names of the provincial officials who came to Jerusalem. Most of the people, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants continued to live in their own homes in the various towns of Judah,
but some of the people from Judah and Benjamin resettled in Jerusalem. From the tribe of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the family of Perez;
and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, of the family of Shelah.

Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD instructed Moses to give us towns to live in and pasturelands for our cattle."
So by the command of the LORD the Levites were given as their inheritance the following towns with their pasturelands.
The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were given thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The other families of the Kohathite clan were allotted ten towns from the territories of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

This is the census record for the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after its ancestor Gershon. The Kohathite clan, named after its ancestor Kohath. The Merarite clan, named after its ancestor Merari.
The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites. Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,

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