Person
Kohath
Mentioned in 29 verses across 5 books, first in Genesis 46:11. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
The first 10 of 29 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exodus
- Exodus 6:16
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:18
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
Numbers
- Numbers 3:17
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:19
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Numbers 3:27
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
- Numbers 3:29
The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
- Numbers 4:2
“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
- Numbers 4:4
This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
- Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Assembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen. 46:11). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred and thirty-three years (Ex. 6:18).