Mahli (son of Merari)
말리 (므라리의 아들)
Numbers 3:20 names him a son of Merari; 3:33 records a family descended from him.
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- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- 1CH 6:29–30, engwebp
29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
- 1CH 23:21–23, engwebp
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
- 1CH 24:20–31, engwebp
20Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
24The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
25The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
27The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29Of Kish, the son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
30The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.
31These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
- NUM 3:20, engwebp
20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
- NUM 3:33, engwebp
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
- NUM 26:57–62, engwebp
57These are those who were counted 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.
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.
59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
62Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
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Unresolved interpretation: Mahli son of Levi and Mahli son of Merari
- Numbers 3:20 says, “The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.”
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- NUM 3:20, engwebp
20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
- NUM 3:20, engwebp
- Ezra 8:18 says, “According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel”.
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- EZR 8:15–20, engwebp
15I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.
16Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
17I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
18According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
20and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.
- EZR 8:15–20, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 6:19 says, “The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi,” and 6:47 gives Ethan’s forebears as “the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.”
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- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- 1CH 6:44–48, engwebp
44On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.
- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
Numbers 3:20 names Mahli a son of Merari, and Ezra 8:18 names “Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel”. 1 Chronicles 6:19 names the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, and 6:47 names “Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari”. In these passages both editions name Merari, Levi and Mushi as the father of a Mahli. The text does not say whether any of them are the same man. This collection records the Mahli of Numbers 3:20 and 1 Chronicles 6:19 as Mahli (son of Merari) and the Mahli of Ezra 8:18 apart, as Mahli (son of Levi); it records the Mahli son of Mushi of 1 Chronicles 6:47 in the name list 1ch-6-44-47, linked to no entry, and decides nothing.
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Merari — Father of — Mahli (son of Merari)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:16–19, 1 Chronicles 6:29–30, 1 Chronicles 23:21–23, 1 Chronicles 24:20–31, Numbers 3:20
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Mahli (son of Merari) — Father of — Eleazar (son of Mahli)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 23:21–23, 1 Chronicles 24:20–31
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The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Mahli (son of Merari) (person-mahli) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/mahli Current wording: Numbers 3:20 names him a son of Merari; 3:33 records a family descended from him. Cited evidence: 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp / 1CH 6:29–30, engwebp / 1CH 23:21–23, engwebp / 1CH 24:20–31, engwebp / NUM 3:20, engwebp / NUM 3:33, engwebp / NUM 26:57–62, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.