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• Jonathan (Grandson of Moses)

  Jonathan was a Levite of the period of the judges who is introduced in Judges 18:30 as "the son of Gershom" and the "grandson of Moses." He became the priest of the household of Micah the Ephraimite and later followed the tribe of Dan, serving as priest at their idolatrous shrine.

• Mishael (son of Uzziel)

  Mishael was a son of Uzziel, a Kohathite of the tribe of Levi, and a cousin of Moses and Aaron. When Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu died, he and his brother Elzaphan carried their bodies out of the camp.

• Eliezer

  Eliezer was the second son of Moses and Zipporah. His name is understood to mean "my God is help." Several people in the Bible bear the same name, and Eliezer the servant of Abraham is especially well known.

• Gershom

  Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, a Midianite woman, and appears in Exodus and 1 Chronicles. His name comes from Moses' experience of living as a stranger in a foreign land.

• Amram

  Amram was a son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi, the husband of Jochebed, and the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. His name appears in genealogical passages such as Exodus 6 and Numbers 26.

• Rehabiah

  Rehabiah was the only son of Eliezer, the son of Moses, and appears in the Levitical genealogies of 1 Chronicles. The text records that his descendants were very numerous.

• Isshiah

  Isshiah was a Levite recorded as the head (chief) among the sons of Rehabiah, the grandson of Moses. His name appears only once, in 1 Chronicles 24:21.

• Uzziel

  Uzziel was a grandson of Levi and the fourth son of Kohath, making him the uncle of Moses and Aaron. His descendants formed the Uzzielites, one of the families of the Kohathite branch of the tribe of Levi.

• Kohath

  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.

• Izhar

  Izhar was a grandson of Levi and a son of Kohath. He was the uncle of Moses and Aaron and appears in biblical genealogies as the father of Korah, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

• Korah

  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.

• Shebuel

  Shebuel was a Levite in the time of David and the chief among the descendants of Gershom, the son of Moses. First Chronicles records him as the officer in charge of the temple treasuries.

• 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.

• Ithamar

  Ithamar was the fourth son of Aaron and served as a priest with his brother Eleazar during the wilderness period. When the tabernacle was transported, he supervised the work of the Gershonites and the Merarites.

• Nepheg

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Zichri

  Zichri is a Levite named in the genealogy of Exodus 6. He was a grandson of Kohath, a son of Izhar, and a brother of Korah and Nepheg.

• Joshua (High Priest)

  Joshua was the high priest who led the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple after the return from the Babylonian exile. He was the son of Jehozadak and appears as "Jeshua" in Ezra and Nehemiah.

• Midian

  Midian was a people traditionally said to descend from Midian, the son of Abraham and Keturah. In the Bible they appear both as the family of Moses' wife and, during the period of the judges, as an enemy that oppressed Israel.

• Shelomoth

  Shelomoth was a Levite of David's time and a descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses. With his brothers, he was in charge of the treasuries of the dedicated things that David and the military commanders had set apart (1 Chronicles 26).

• Sons of Korah

  The sons of Korah were the descendants of Korah, a member of the Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi. Although their ancestor Korah was judged for rebelling in the wilderness, his descendants survived and later served as singers and gatekeepers in the temple, and their name appears in the titles of eleven psalms.