- The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
- Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
- The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.
- These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.
- For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.
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- The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
- Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
- The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth--three in all.
- These were the descendants of Levi by their families--the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.
- For David had said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
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