Numbers 3:30

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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Interpretation

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families.

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This thought runs through Numbers 3:29-32.

Kohathites People: The descendants of Kohath. They formed the first of the three divisions of the Levites ( Ex. 6:16 , 18; Num. 3:17 ).