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Merari

Mentioned 1705–456 BC traditional (Jones)

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Levi
Children
Mahli, Mushi, Jaaziah
Siblings
Gershon, Kohath, Jochebed
Tagged in
38 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Merari, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jokneam1
  2. uncertain location: Kartah1
  3. likely location: Rimmono1
  4. possible location: Tabor1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2017–144 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

38 tagged verses in 7 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. Exodus2
  3. Numbers12
  4. Joshua3
  5. 1 Chronicles17
  6. 2 Chronicles2
  7. Ezra1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMerari 25
KJVMerari 39
ASVMerari 39

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Every verse

All 38 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 46:11

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus2 verses
  1. 6:16

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

  2. 6:19

    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

Numbers12 verses
  1. 3:17

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 3:20

    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

  3. 3:33

    From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.

  4. 3:35

    The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

  5. 3:36

    The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,

  6. 4:29

    As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,

  7. 4:33

    This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

  8. 4:42

    And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,

  9. 4:45

    These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.

  10. 7:8

    and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  11. 10:17

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

  12. 26:57

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

Joshua3 verses
  1. 21:7

    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

  2. 21:34

    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,

  3. 21:40

    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

1 Chronicles17 verses
  1. 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  3. 6:19

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

  4. 6:29

    The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

  5. 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,

  6. 6:47

    the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  7. 6:63

    The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

  8. 6:77

    The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.

  9. 9:14

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

  10. 15:6

    from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

  11. 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

  12. 23:6

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  13. 23:21

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

  14. 24:26

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.

  15. 24:27

    The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

  16. 26:10

    Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

  17. 26:19

    These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

2 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 29:12

    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

  2. 34:12

    And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Ezra1 verse
  1. 8:19

    also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

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).