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These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/numbers/3-20.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/numbers/3-20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/numbers/3-20.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > Numbers 3:20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/3-19.htm" title="Numbers 3:19">◄</a> Numbers 3:20 <a href="../numbers/3-21.htm" title="Numbers 3:21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers’ houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and the [two] sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ households.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These were the sons and grandsons of Levi, and they had become the leaders of the Levite clans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Mahli and Mushi were the sons of Merari. Their families were named after them. These were the households of Levite families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Merari's descendants according to their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These <i>are</i> the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These <i>are</i> the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/numbers/3.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/numbers/3.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/numbers/3.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These <i>were</i> the families of the Levites according to the houses of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/numbers/3.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/numbers/3.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/numbers/3.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/numbers/3.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />The children of Merari in their kynreds, were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/tyndale/numbers/3.htm">Tyndale Bible of 1526</a></span><br />And the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynredes of Leui in the housses of their fathers.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli, and Mushi; these they of the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari for their tribes: Makhli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahali and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/numbers/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">And the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/4847.htm" title="4847: mə·rā·rî (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Levi. From marar; bitter; Merari, an Israelite.">of Merari</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">by their clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/4249.htm" title="4249: maḥ·lî (N-proper-ms) -- A Levite, also a son of Mushi. From chalah; sick; Machli, the name of two Israelites.">were Mahli</a> <a href="/hebrew/4187.htm" title="4187: ū·mū·šî (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Sensitive, a Levite. Or Mushshiy; from muwsh; sensitive; Mushi, a Levite.">and Mushi.</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">were</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: miš·pə·ḥōṯ (N-fpc) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">the clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·lê·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">of the Levites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">according to their families.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/numbers/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121. ben (bane) -- son">And the sons</a><a href="/hebrew/4847.htm" title="4847. Mrariy (mer-aw-ree') -- a son of Levi"> of Merari</a><a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan"> by their families</a><a href="/hebrew/4249.htm" title="4249. Machliy (makh-lee') -- a Levite, also a son of Mushi"> [are] Mahli</a><a href="/hebrew/4187.htm" title="4187. Muwshiy (moo-shee') -- "sensitive," a Levite"> and Mushi</a><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428. 'el-leh (ale'-leh) -- these">; these</a><a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan"> are the families</a><a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881. Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee') -- descendant of Levi"> of the Levites</a><a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">, by the house</a><a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1. 'ab (awb) -- father"> of their fathers.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/numbers/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/4847.htm" title="מְרָרִי np 4847">Merari’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="בֵּן_1 ncmpc 1121"> sons</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> by</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psn3mp"> their</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="מִשְׁפָּחָה ncfpc 4940"> clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/4249.htm" title="מַחְלִי np 4249"> were Mahli</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4187.htm" title="מוּשִׁי np 4187"> Mushi</a>. <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="אֵלֶּה abp 428">These</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> were the</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="לֵוִי np 3881"> Levite</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="מִשְׁפָּחָה ncfpc 4940"> clans</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> by</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psn3mp"> their</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="אָב ncmpc 1"> ancestral</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> houses</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/numbers/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121. ben (bane) -- son">and the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/4847.htm" title="4847. Mrariy (mer-aw-ree') -- a son of Levi">of Merari</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan">by their families:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4249.htm" title="4249. Machliy (makh-lee') -- a Levite, also a son of Mushi">Mahli</a> <a href="/hebrew/4187.htm" title="4187. Muwshiy (moo-shee') -- 'sensitive,' a Levite">and Mushi.</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428. 'el-leh (ale'-leh) -- these">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan">are the families</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881. Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee') -- descendant of Levi">of the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1. 'ab (awb) -- father">according to their fathers'</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">households.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/numbers/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121. ben (bane) -- son">And the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/4847.htm" title="4847. Mrariy (mer-aw-ree') -- a son of Levi">of Merari</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan">by their families;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4249.htm" title="4249. Machliy (makh-lee') -- a Levite, also a son of Mushi">Mahli,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4187.htm" title="4187. Muwshiy (moo-shee') -- 'sensitive,' a Levite">and Mushi.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992. hem (haym) -- like">These [are]</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') -- a clan">the families</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881. Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee') -- descendant of Levi">of the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">according to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1. 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