King James Version
What Does Exodus 6:19 Mean?
“And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.”
Context
17
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
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.
19
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary**Verses 14-30**
Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as Moses seems to do here. "Uncircumcised," is used in Scripture to note the unsuitableness there may be in any thing to answer its proper purpose; as the carnal heart and depraved nature of fallen man are wholly unsuited to the services of God, and to the purposes of his glory. It is profitable to place no confidence in ourselves, all our sufficiency must be in the Lord. We never can trust ourselves too little, or our God too much. I can do nothing by myself, said the apostle, but I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Matthew Henry (1662–1714). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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