Exodus 6:16-19

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:16

The years of the life of Levi - "Bishop Patrick observes that Levi is thought to have lived the longest of all Jacob's sons, none of whose ages are recorded in Scripture but his and Joseph's, whom Levi survived twenty-seven years, though he was much the elder brother. By the common computation this would be twenty-three years: by Kennicott's computation at the end of Genesis 31. (See Clarke's note at Genesis 31:55 ;) Levi's birth is placed twenty-four years before that of Joseph; his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:16

Verse 16 16.And these are the names of the sons of Levi. Because it was especially desirable to know the origin of Moses and Aaron, he refers to it at greater length, and more distinctly enmnerates the families which descended from the patriarch Levi; not to attribute any peculiar dignity to his own race, but to make it appear more dearly that the people was not brought out by any stranger, but that he, who was to be the witness among his brethren of the power, and grace, and truth of God, was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:9-30

Shaken faith, and an unshaken purpose. In these verses we have— I. A PAINFUL RESULT OF AFFLICTIVE PROVIDENCE . The children of Israel, hard-driven by their taskmasters, and sunk in misery, were so stupefied with sorrow, as to have no longer any heart for their cheering tidings brought to them by Moses. Their despair had its ground in unbelief. They judged Moses a deceiver. They had trusted him before, and they reflected that the only outcome of it had been this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:13-27

At this point the narrative is interrupted The author, or the final compiler—perhaps Joshua—thought it desirable to insert here a genealogical section, taking up the fatuity history of Israel from the point at which it was left in Exodus 1:5 , where the sons of Jacob were enumerated. The whole political system of Israel was based upon the tribal relation; and it was of the last importance, politically, to hand down the divisions and subdivisions of families. The lists here given,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:13-27

The historical character of real revelation. Among the religions of the world which are based on the contents of a written volume, none has such an historical character as the religion of Christians. Most nations have evolved their religion out of their internal consciousness, and have then, after a certain lapse of time, thrown into a narrative form the supposed revelations made to this or that individual secretly, and by him committed to writing. These revelations—to give them the... read more

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