Numbers 26:58 - Exposition

These are the families of the Levites. The three Levitical sub-tribes have been named in the preceding verse, and the present enumeration of families is an independent one. The Libnites were Gershonites ( Numbers 3:21 ), the Hebronites and Korathites (or Korahites) were Kohathites ( Numbers 3:19 ; Numbers 16:1 ), the Mahlites and Mushites were Merarites ( Numbers 3:33 ). Two other families, the Shimites ( Numbers 3:21 ) and the Uzzielites ( Numbers 3:27 ; 1 Chronicles 26:23 , and cf. Exodus 6:22 ; 1 Chronicles 24:24 , 1 Chronicles 24:25 ), are omitted here, perhaps because the list is imperfect (see, however, the note on Numbers 26:62 ).