[¹] In verse 1, Gershon.
16. Gershom] elsewhere Gershon. Gershom was the name of Moses’ son; Exodus ii. 22.
¹⁷And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni and Shimei.
17. Libni and Shimei] Exodus vi. 17; Libni is called Ladan in xxiii. 7, xxvi. 21, and is to be connected with the Judean town Libnah.
¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
18. Amram] through whom the line of high-priests is traced above, verse 2 ff.
¹⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
19. Mahli and Mushi] xxiii. 21, xxiv. 26; Exodus vi. 19. Mushi is probably a derivative of Moses. For discussion of this point and of other evidence (compare verses 16, 17) indicating a relationship between the Levites and clans from south Judah, see Encyclopedia Britannica¹¹, s.v. Levites, vol. xvi. p. 513.
20, 21.
A Pedigree from Gershom.
²⁰Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son; ²¹Joah[¹] his son, Iddo[²] his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai[³] his son.