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Merari

Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites (Ex. 6:19). (See MERARITES.)

In the Bible

Verses where Merari is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:19
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
1 Chronicles 6:29
The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
1 Chronicles 6:44
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1 Chronicles 6:47
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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Merari references

Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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