Kohath

Kohath is a Levi's son living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 29 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:11.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 46:11
  And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus

• Exodus 6:16
  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.These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
• Exodus 6:18
  And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Numbers

• Numbers 3:17
  And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Numbers 3:19
  And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
• Numbers 3:27
  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.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 families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
• Numbers 4:2
  Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
• Numbers 4:4
  This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
• Numbers 4:15
  And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.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 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.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, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: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
  And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.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 are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.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,

Joshua

• Joshua 21:5
  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.The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 21:20
  And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities:
• Joshua 21:26
  All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 6:1
  The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:2
  And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
• 1 Chronicles 6:16
  The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:18
  And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
• 1 Chronicles 6:22
  The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,The descendants of Kohath:
• 1 Chronicles 6:38
  The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 6:61
  And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
• 1 Chronicles 6:66
  And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
• 1 Chronicles 6:70
  And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
• 1 Chronicles 15:5
  Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
• 1 Chronicles 23:6
  And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 23:12
  The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
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