=41.= _Ethni_] = Jeatherai, verse 21. Here, and in the following names, the divergences from the corresponding names in verses 20, 21 are not nearly so great in Hebrew and can be easily accounted for. The correspondence fails in the case of the son and father of Jahath (compare verse 20 with 43). This however may be due simply to the omission of the names in question, Shimei in 20, Libni in 43; and other explanations could be given. =44‒47.= THE DESCENT OF ETHAN, DAVID’S SINGER, THROUGH MERARI FROM LEVI. ⁴⁴And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan¹ the son of Kishi², the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch; ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah; ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer; ¹ In chapter ix. 16, _Jeduthun_. ² In chapter xv. 17, _Kushaiah_. =44‒47.= Only the first three names of the table of Merari in verse 29 are used by the compiler of Ethan’s pedigree. In place of the last four names he utilised a late list of nine names, the point of connection being found in the first, _Shemer_ (verse 46), which was identified with the _Shimei_ of verse 29. _Ethan_] = Jeduthun: see note on xvi. 41. ⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. =47.= _Mahli, the son of Mushi_] According to xxiii. 23, xxiv. 30, Mushi had a son Mahli, named after Mahli, his brother (verse 19); and the natural conclusion is that the names in these verses (44‒47) are the line of descent from Merari through Mushi, as those in verses 29, 30 are through Mahli. Against this simple explanation is the late character of several names from Kishi to Bani (44‒46), and therefore the more complex statement made in the previous note may be correct. =48, 49= (= 33, 34 according to the Hebrew division). THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEVITES AND AARONITES. ⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were appointed¹ for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ¹ Hebrew _given_. See Numbers iii. 9. =48.= _their brethren the Levites_] i.e. other Levites, who were neither singers nor priests. _appointed_] Hebrew, as margin, =given=, in allusion to Numbers iii. 9, xviii. 6. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered¹ upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ¹ Or, _burnt incense_. =49.= _Aaron and his sons_] i.e. the priests as opposed to the Levites, in accordance with the distinction characteristic of the later legislation. See the Additional Note, pp. 51, 52. _the altar of burnt offering_] Exodus xxvii. 1‒8. _the altar of incense_] Exodus xxx. 1‒10. _to make atonement_] compare Leviticus iv. 31, xvi.; 2 Chronicles xxix. 24.