Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites (Ex. 6:19).
- Gen.46: And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exod.6: And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Exod.6: And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
- Num.3: And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Num.3: And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
- Num.3: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
- Num.3: And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
- Num.3: And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
- Num.4: As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
- Num.4: This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Num.4: And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
- Num.4: These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
- Num.7: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Num.10: And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
- Num.26: And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- Josh.21: The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Josh.21: And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
- Josh.21: So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
- 1Chr.6: The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1Chr.6: The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1Chr.6: The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
- 1Chr.6: The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
- 1Chr.6: And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
- 1Chr.6: The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- 1Chr.6: Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- 1Chr.6: Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
- 1Chr.9: And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
- 1Chr.15: Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
- 1Chr.15: So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1Chr.23: And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1Chr.23: The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
- 1Chr.24: The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
- 1Chr.24: The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
- 1Chr.26: Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
- 1Chr.26: These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
- 2Chr.29: Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
- 2Chr.34: And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
- Ezra.8: And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;