14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: aThe sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
15aAnd the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
16 These are the names of athe sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
17aThe sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.
18 And athe sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.
19aThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 Now aAmram took for himself bJochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him cAaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.
21aThe sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And athe sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of aAmminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him bNadab, Abihu, cEleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And athe sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and ashe bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
26 These arethesame Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their aarmies.”
27 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, ato bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These arethesame Moses and Aaron.
Aaron Is Moses’s Spokesman
28 And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the incidents that immediately preceded as well as followed that memorable migration. Its authorship by Moses is distinctly asserted by himself (Exodus 24:4), as well as by our Lord (Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37). Besides, the thorough knowledge it exhibits of the institutions and usages of the ancient Egyptians and the minute geographical details of the journey to Sinai, establish in the clearest manner the authenticity of this book.
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