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Kohath

Assembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen. 46:11). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred and thirty-three years (Ex. 6:18).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(assembly), second of the three sons of Levi, from whom the three principal divisions of the Levites derived their origin and their name. (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16) In the journeyings of the tabernacle of the sons of Kohath (Kohathites) had charge of the most holy portions of the vessels. (Numbers 4:1) ... Of the personal history of Kohath we know nothing, except that he came down to Egypt with Levi and Jacob, (Genesis 46:11) that his sister was Jochebed, (Exodus 6:20) and that he lived to the age of 133 years. (Exodus 6:18) (B.C. about 1491.)

In the Bible

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

1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:2
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:18
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:22
The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 6:38
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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