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Kohath

Mentioned 1705–1014 BC traditional (Jones)

Assembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen. 46:11). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred and thirty-three years (Ex. 6:18).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Levi
Children
Amram, Hebron, Izhar, Uzziel
Siblings
Gershon, Merari, Jochebed
Tagged in
29 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Kohath, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Aner1
  2. likely location: Bileam1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1878–841 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

29 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. Exodus2
  3. Numbers11
  4. Joshua3
  5. 1 Chronicles12

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBKohath 20
KJVKohath 32
ASVKohath 32

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Every verse

All 29 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 46:11

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus2 verses
  1. 6:16

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

  2. 6:18

    The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Numbers11 verses
  1. 3:17

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 3:19

    The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  3. 3:27

    From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

  4. 3:29

    The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

  5. 4:2

    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

  6. 4:4

    This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.

  7. 4:15

    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.

  8. 7:9

    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

  9. 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  10. 26:57

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

  11. 26:58

    These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,

Joshua3 verses
  1. 21:5

    The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  2. 21:20

    The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

  3. 21:26

    In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

1 Chronicles12 verses
  1. 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 6:2

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  3. 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  4. 6:18

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  5. 6:22

    The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

  6. 6:38

    the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

  7. 6:61

    To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  8. 6:66

    And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

  9. 6:70

    And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

  10. 15:5

    From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

  11. 23:6

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  12. 23:12

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Assembly, the second son of Levi, and father of Amram (Gen. 46:11). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred and thirty-three years (Ex. 6:18).