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Exodus 6:16

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Exodus 6:16

Verse 16 of 30

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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.

Exodus 6:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 6:16

Theological / Devotional

Of Levi. For Levi’s three sons, see on Genesis 46:11.

According to their generations. This phrase is used because Moses does not stop with the sons of Levi but proceeds on to the grandsons, great-grandsons, and other descendants in order to establish the exact relationship of Moses and Aaron to Jacob and the other tribes.

The years of the life of Levi. As an elder brother of Joseph, Levi must have passed the age of 40 years at the time of the descent into Egypt, since Joseph was about 39 at that time (see on Genesis 27:1). All three of his sons had been born before that time (Genesis 46:8-11). Since he died at the age of 137 he must have spent more than 90 years of his life in Egypt and survived by many years his brother Joseph, who died at the age of 110 (Genesis 50:26). Moses probably records the length of Levi’s life because Levi was his own ancestor.

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