Exodus 6:18
New International Version
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)

English Standard Version
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.

New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.

NASB 1995
The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

NASB 1977
And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were 133 years.

Amplified Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram (Moses’ father), Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and Kohath lived a hundred and thirty-three years.

Christian Standard Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.

Contemporary English Version
Kohath lived to be 133; his sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Good News Translation
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

International Standard Version
Kohath's descendants included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Now Kohath lived for 133 years.

Majority Standard Bible
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

NET Bible
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath's life was 133 years.)

New Heart English Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years.

World English Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath [are] one hundred and thirty-three years.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Kohath are Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath are a hundred and thirty and three years.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sons of Kohath; Amram and Izhar and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath, three and thirty and a hundred years.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and EIebron, and Oziel. And the years of Caath's life were a hundred and thirty-three.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel. Likewise, the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.

New American Bible
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived one hundred and thirty-three years.

New Revised Standard Version
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred thirty-three years.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the children of Qahath: Amram and Itshar and Khebron and Uzyel, and the years of the life of Qahath were a hundred and thirty and three years.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a hundred and thirty-three years.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Genealogies of Moses and Aaron
17The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. 19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.…

Cross References
Numbers 3:19-20
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. / And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:1-3
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. / The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Numbers 26:57-59
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. / 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, / and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

1 Chronicles 23:12-13
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. / The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

Hebrews 7:5
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

1 Chronicles 6:16-17
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. / These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

Numbers 3:27-28
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites. / The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

1 Chronicles 6:48-49
Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God. / But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

Numbers 18:1-7
So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. / But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. / And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. ...

1 Chronicles 23:6-7
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. / The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

Leviticus 10:1-2
Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. / So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 24:20-31
Now these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. / As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah. / From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. ...

Numbers 4:34-37
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families, / everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. / And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750. ...

1 Chronicles 9:14-16
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari; / Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; / Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

sons.

Numbers 3:19
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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.

1 Chronicles 6:2,18
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel…

and the years

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.

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Exodus 6
1. God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH
9. Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites
10. He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh
14. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron
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The sons of Kohath
The phrase "The sons of Kohath" introduces us to a significant lineage within the tribe of Levi. Kohath was one of the three sons of Levi, and his descendants played a crucial role in the religious life of Israel. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the most sacred objects of the tabernacle, including the Ark of the Covenant. This highlights the importance of lineage and heritage in the biblical narrative, emphasizing the continuity of God's covenant through generations. The Hebrew root for "sons" (בָּנִים, banim) often signifies not just biological offspring but also a broader sense of legacy and spiritual inheritance.

were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel
This list of names represents the direct descendants of Kohath, each of whom would have their own roles and contributions to the history of Israel. Amram, notably, is the father of Moses and Aaron, making this lineage particularly significant in the context of the Exodus narrative. The names themselves carry meanings that reflect attributes or hopes: Amram means "exalted people," Izhar means "anointing," Hebron means "association" or "friendship," and Uzziel means "God is my strength." These meanings can inspire believers to consider the spiritual legacy they are building and the attributes they wish to pass on to future generations.

The lifespan of Kohath was 133 years
The mention of Kohath's lifespan, "133 years," serves as a reminder of the longevity and endurance of the patriarchs. In the context of the ancient Near East, long lifespans were often seen as a sign of divine favor and blessing. This detail underscores the faithfulness of God in preserving His chosen people through the generations. The specific number, 133, while not having a widely recognized symbolic meaning, still reflects the biblical theme of God's providence and the fulfillment of His promises over time. It encourages believers to trust in God's timing and His overarching plan for their lives, even when it spans many years.

Verse 18. - The sons of Kohath. The same names are given in 1 Chronicles 6:2 and 15. The years of the life of Kohath. Kohath, who was probably about twenty at the time of the descent into Egypt, must have considerably outlived Joseph, who died about seventy years after the descent. His eldest son, Amram, is not likely to have been born much later than his father's thirtieth year. (See Genesis 11:12-24.) Amram would thus have been contemporary with Joseph for above fifty years.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The sons
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Kohath [were]
קְהָ֔ת (qə·hāṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6955: Kohath -- a son of Levi

Amram,
עַמְרָ֣ם (‘am·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6019: Amram -- the father of Moses, also an Israelite

Izhar,
וְיִצְהָ֔ר (wə·yiṣ·hār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3324: Izhar -- a Levite

Hebron,
וְחֶבְר֖וֹן (wə·ḥeḇ·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2275: Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah

and Uzziel.
וְעֻזִּיאֵ֑ל (wə·‘uz·zî·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5816: Uzziel -- 'my strength is God', the name of several Israelites

Kohath
קְהָ֔ת (qə·hāṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6955: Kohath -- a son of Levi

lived
חַיֵּ֣י (ḥay·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

133
שָׁלֹ֧שׁ (šā·lōš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

years.
וּשְׁנֵי֙ (ū·šə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8141: A year


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