Merari

Merari is a Levite living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 37 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 6:19
  And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

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 3:20
  And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
• Numbers 3:33
  Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
• Numbers 3:36
  And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
• Numbers 4:29
  As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
• Numbers 4:33
  This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
• Numbers 4:42
  And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,
• Numbers 4:45
  These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
• Numbers 7:8
  And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
• Numbers 10:17
  And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
• 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.

Joshua

• Joshua 21:7
  The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
• Joshua 21:34
  And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:
• Joshua 21:40
  So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite 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 6:16
  The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:19
  The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
• 1 Chronicles 6:29
  The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,The descendants of Merari:
• 1 Chronicles 6:44
  And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:
• 1 Chronicles 6:47
  The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
• 1 Chronicles 6:63
  Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
• 1 Chronicles 6:77
  Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
• 1 Chronicles 9:14
  And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
• 1 Chronicles 15:6
  Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
• 1 Chronicles 15:17
  So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
• 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 23:21
  The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
• 1 Chronicles 24:26
  The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
• 1 Chronicles 24:27
  The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
• 1 Chronicles 26:10
  Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
• 1 Chronicles 26:19
  These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 29:12
  Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;
• 2 Chronicles 34:12
  And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Ezra

• Ezra 8:19
  And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.