Topic
Kohath; Kohathites
20 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Genesis 46:11ISBE
¶ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 6:16–20ISBE
¶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. And…
- Numbers 3:17ISBE
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:19ISBE
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Numbers 3:27ISBE
¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
- Numbers 3:28ISBE
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:29ISBE
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
- Numbers 3:31ISBE
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
- Numbers 7:9ISBE
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
- Joshua 21:4ISBE
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:5ISBE
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1ISBE
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- 1 Chronicles 6:33 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 23:12–20 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 24:20–25 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 25:1 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 29:12 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 29:14 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
ko'-hath, ko'-hath-its (qehath, qohathi; Kaath): Second son of Levi, and ancestor of Moses and Aaron (Ge 46:11; Ex 6:16-20; Nu 3:17; 1Ch 6:1, etc.). The Kohathites formed one of the three divisions of the tribe of Levi; the other two being the Gershonites and the Merarites (Nu 3:17). The Kohathites consisted of four families, the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites (Nu 3:19,27, etc.). Their place in the wilderness was on the southern side of the tabernacle (Nu 3:29), and their number is given (from a month old) as 8,600 (Nu 3:28). Their special charge was "the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof" (Nu 3:31; compare Nu 7:9). After the conquest 23 cities were assigned them by lot (Jos 21:4,5). In David's time and after, Heman, a Kohathite, and his family had a prominent place in the service of the music of the sanctuary (1Ch 6:33 ff; 16:41 ff; 25:1); David likewise divided the Levites into courses (the Kohathites, 1Ch 23:12-20; 24:20-25). We read of the Kohathites in the reign of Jehoshaphat at Engedi (2Ch 20:19), and in connection with the cleansing of the temple under Hezekiah (2Ch 29:12,14).
James Orr
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.