¹⁰And the sons of Shimei; Jahath, Zina¹, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning. ¹ In verse 11, _Zizah_. =10.= _Zina_] Better, as in verse 11, _Zizah_; the two words are readily confused in Hebrew writing. ¹²The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. =12.= _The sons of Kohath_] Compare vi. 2; Exodus vi. 18. ¹³The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify¹ the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. ¹ Or, _to sanctify as most holy him &c._ =13.= _separated_] i.e. set apart, sometimes with the additional meaning of making a distinction between sacred and common. Compare Romans i. 1, where St Paul describes himself as _separated unto the gospel of God_; Acts xiii. 2; Galatians i. 15. _the most holy things_] Such for instance as the altar of incense (Exodus xxx. 1‒10), or again the shewbread (Leviticus xxiv. 5‒9). _to bless_] compare Numbers vi. 23‒27. ¹⁴But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. =14.= _among the tribe of Levi_] The descendants of Moses as distinguished from those of Aaron had the standing, not of priests but of Levites. ¹⁵The sons of Moses; Gershom and Eliezer. =15.= _Gershom and Eliezer_] Compare Exodus xviii. 3, 4. ¹⁶The sons of Gershom; Shebuel¹ the chief. ¹ In chapter xxiv. 20, _Shubael_. =16.= _The sons_] compare the following verse; also ii. 31, where the plural, _The sons_, is thrice followed by a single name only. _Shebuel_] rather, as in xxiv. 20, Shubael; so LXX. here. ¹⁷And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. =17.= _Rehabiah_] Compare xxiv. 21. ¹⁸The sons of Izhar; Shelomith¹ the chief. ¹ In chapter xxiv. 22, _Shelomoth_. =18.= _Shelomith_] In xxiv. 22, _Shelomoth_. ¹⁹The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. =19.= _The sons of Hebron_] Compare xxiv. 23. ²⁰The sons of Uzziel; Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. =20.= _The sons of Uzziel_] Compare xxiv. 24. Nine Kohathite families seem to be here reckoned. ²¹The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar and Kish. =21.= _The sons of Merari_] Compare xxiv. 26. _The sons of Mahli_] Compare xxiv. 28, 29. ²²And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them _to wife_. =22.= _their brethren_] Their kinsmen.