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Kohath
Kohath was the second son of Levi and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. During the wilderness period his descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders.
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- KohathitesBible
The Kohathites were a Levite clan descended from Kohath, the second son of Levi. During the wilderness period they were responsible for carrying the holy objects of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders. Moses and Aaron belonged to this clan.
- KohathPeople
Kohath was the second son of Levi, the son of Jacob, and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. His descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the most holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, during the wilderness journey.
- KorahPeople
Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.
- GibbethonBible
Gibbethon was an Old Testament town in the territory of the tribe of Dan and a Levitical city, but by the period recounted in the books of Kings it belonged to the Philistines. King Nadab of Israel was assassinated while besieging it, and Omri was proclaimed king in the camp there.
- ElizaphanPeople
Elizaphan was appointed chief of the Kohathite families of the tribe of Levi during the wilderness period after the Exodus. He was the son of Uzziel. His descendants later formed a Levitical family that is named as a distinct group in the times of David and Hezekiah.
Verses in the King James Version 15, showing 6
- Numbers 3:27
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
- Numbers 3:30
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
- Numbers 4:34
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
- Numbers 4:37
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
- Numbers 10:21
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
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