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Merari מְרָרִי
Levite. Merari, the third son of Levi, was the founder of the Merarite clan of Levites.
Also called Merarite.
Family
Where Merari appears
1 Chronicles (17), Numbers (12), Joshua (3), Exodus (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Genesis (1), Ezra (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 46:11 first mention — And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 6:16 — And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Numbers 3:17 — And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:20 — And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
- Numbers 3:36 — And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
- Numbers 10:17 — And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
- Numbers 26:57 — And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 — The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:19 — The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 23:6 — And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 — And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.