¹⁰And the sons of Shimei; Jahath, Zina[¹], and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
[¹] In verse 11, Zizah.
10. Zina] Better, as in verse 11, Zizah; the two words are readily confused in Hebrew writing.
¹²The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
12. The sons of Kohath] Compare vi. 2; Exodus vi. 18.
¹³The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify[¹] the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever.
[¹] Or, to sanctify as most holy him &c.
13. separated] i.e. set apart, sometimes with the additional meaning of making a distinction between sacred and common. Compare Romans i. 1, where St Paul describes himself as separated unto the gospel of God; Acts xiii. 2; Galatians i. 15.
the most holy things] Such for instance as the altar of incense (Exodus xxx. 1–10), or again the shewbread (Leviticus xxiv. 5–9).
to bless] compare Numbers vi. 23–27.