Exodus 6:16-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:14-30

I. We have here a genealogy, not an endless one, such as the apostle condemns (1 Tim. 1:4), for it ends in those two great patriots Moses and Aaron, and comes in here to show that they were Israelites, bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh whom they were sent to deliver, raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the prophet and priest, the Redeemer and lawgiver, of the people of Israel, and whose genealogy also, like this, was to be carefully... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:16

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations ,.... Whose sons, according to the order of their birth, were as follow: Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari ; see Genesis 46:11 , and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty seven years ; and exactly the same number of years is assigned him by Polyhistor from Demetrius F3 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425. , an Heathen writer. Jarchi says, that the reason why, the years... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:17

And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. He had only two sons, from whom came the families of the Libnites and Shimites; see Numbers 3:21 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:18

And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel ,.... So they are reckoned in 1 Chronicles 6:18 though only the family of the Hebronites are mentioned in Numbers 26:58 . and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty three years . A Jewish chronologer says F6 Shalshalet Hakabalaut, ut supra. (fol. 5. 1.) he died one hundred years before the going out of Egypt: just the same number of years is ascribed to him by Polyhistor from Demetrius, an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari, Mahali, and Mushi ,.... From whence sprung the families of the Mahalites, and Mushites, Numbers 3:33 , these are the families of Levi, according to their generations : the families that descended from him and his sons, according to the order of their birth. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:20

And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife ,.... This Amram was the first son of Kohath, and the father of Moses, as after related, and so must be the same with the man of the house of Levi, and his wife the daughter of Levi, as in Exodus 2:1 and though such a marriage was afterwards prohibited, Moses does not conceal it, though it may seem to reflect some dishonour on him and his family; he writing not for his own glory, but for the sake of truth, and the good of mankind, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:21

And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. These seem to be mentioned for the sake of Korah, concerning whom is a remarkable history in the following book; for the other two are nowhere else spoken of. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:22

And the sons of Uzziel, Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zichri. The two first of these were the men that were ordered by Moses to carry out of the camp the two sons of Aaron, who were killed by lightning for offering strange fire, Leviticus 10:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:23

And Aaron took him Elisheba ,.... The same name we pronounce Elizabeth; and of this name was the wife of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, Luke 1:5 , this woman Aaron took was the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Naashon ; a prince of the tribe of Judah, Numbers 7:12 , her he took to wife; or married; for though intermarriages with the several tribes were not allowed, nor used in after times, that they might be kept distinct, and the inheritances also, yet the tribe of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:24

And the sons of Korah ,.... The eldest son of Izhar, who, though he proved a bad man, yet many of his posterity were good men, and are often mentioned in general in the titles of some of the psalms of David: the immediate sons of Korah were Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph . Aben Ezra says, that Samuel the prophet was of the sons of Korah; perhaps what might lead him to it was, because his father's name was Elkanah, the name of one of these sons of Korah, but cannot be this Elkanah: ... read more

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