Their brethren the sons of Kish took them - This was according to the law made Numbers 27:1 , etc., and Numbers 36:5-9 , in favor of the daughters of Zelophehad, that women who were heiresses should marry in the family of the tribe of their father, and that their estates should not be alienated from them. read more
The heads of the houses of the first Levite family, viz; of Gershon, are now enumerated. The subject occupies the five verses that close with the eleventh. The family of Gershon branches into two—the name of the one Laadan (so written again in 1 Chronicles 26:21 ; but in 1 Chronicles 6:17 , 1 Chronicles 6:20 , as well as in Exodus 6:17 and Numbers 3:18 , written Libui ), and the name of the other Shimei. read more
This verse contains the names of the three so-called sons of Laadan, but ( 1 Chronicles 26:22 ) the last two appear to have been grandsons. read more
This verse purports to give the three sons of Shimei, but not the Shimei of 1 Chronicles 23:7 , but of a descendant of Laadan. This is made clear, not only by the remaining clause of this verse, which says, "These were the chief of the fathers of Landau," and again by the enumeration in 1 Chronicles 23:10 of sons of that Shimei who is coupled with Landau in 1 Chronicles 23:7 , but also by a comparison of 1 Chronicles 24:22 ; 1 Chronicles 26:21-26 . It is, of course, possible that the... read more
(See Zechariah 12:13 .) The Zina of this verse is Zizah in the very next verse, which difference of form cannot be accounted for by any mere clerical explanation. The name Jahath seems to have been a favourite name in this family ( 1 Chronicles 6:43 ). read more
In one reckoning . The Hebrew of the word here translated "reckoning" is פְקֻדָּה , i.e. "enumeration." The meaning is they were accounted as only one "father's house." The derivative significations of the word are "care," "custody," and generally "office" ( 2 Chronicles 23:18 ). The total of Gershonite houses will amount to nine, three of these being houses of Shimei, and six of Landau. read more
This and the following eight verses give the Kohath heads of houses ( 1 Chronicles 5:1-26 :28; 1 Chronicles 6:2 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 6:18 ; Exodus 6:18 ; Numbers 3:27 ), four in their leading divisions. read more
The sons of Amram . From Amram, the first-mentioned son of Kohath, come the two great names of Aaron and Moses ( Exodus 6:20 ). Aaron was separated,… and his sons for ever . This statement must be read, both with 1 Chronicles 23:3 —into the number of Levites mentioned in which Aaron and his sons do not count—and with 1 Chronicles 23:14 , which implies that Moses and his sons did count into that number. The sons of Aaron are dealt with in 1 Chronicles 24:1-19 , infra. That he... read more
Moses the man of God . This title is distinguished by the presence of the article. The 'Speaker's Commentary' mentions it as occurring only nine times, of which five instances belong to Moses ( Deuteronomy 33:1 ; Joshua 14:6 ; 2 Chronicles 30:16 ; Ezra 3:2 ; with the present place); three instances show the title applied to David ( 2 Chronicles 8:14 ; Nehemiah 12:24 , Nehemiah 12:36 ); and once it is applied to Shemaiah ( 1 Kings 12:22 ). Although the sons of Moses belonged,... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:17
But the sons of Rehabiah were very many - The Targum says, "On account of the merits of Moses, the posterity of Rehabiah were multiplied to more than sixty myriads." read more