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Kohath

Mentioned in 29 verses across 5 books, first in Numbers 3:17. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 11 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

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.

  • Numbers 7:9

    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

  • Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  • Numbers 26:57

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

  • Numbers 26:58

    These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,

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).

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