1 Chronicles 6:47

David's Appointees For Music In The Temple

⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani,
son of Shemer, ⁴⁷  son of Mahli,
son of Mushi, son of Merari,
son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

Levi

Mahli

Merari

Mushi

Exodus 6:19

The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites
according to their genealogy.

Numbers 3:20

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

Numbers 3:33-36

The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.

Numbers 4:42

The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral houses,

Numbers 7:8

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 10:17

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

Joshua 21:7

Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:34-40

From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites:

Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 23:21

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.

1 Chronicles 23:28

“but their duty will be to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple—