Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, New Living Translation About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. English Standard Version Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. Berean Standard Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, King James Bible And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. New King James Version And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. New American Standard Bible Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. NASB 1995 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. NASB 1977 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. Legacy Standard Bible And a man from the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife. Amplified Bible Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. Christian Standard Bible Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. American Standard Version And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And a man went on who was of the house of Levi, and he took a daughter of Levi. Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi. Contemporary English Version A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe, Douay-Rheims Bible After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred. English Revised Version And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. GOD'S WORD® Translation A man from Levi's family married a Levite woman. Good News Translation During this time a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman of his own tribe, International Standard Version A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi. JPS Tanakh 1917 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Literal Standard Version And there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi, Majority Standard Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, New American Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, NET Bible A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. New Revised Standard Version Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. New Heart English Bible A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. Webster's Bible Translation And there went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi. World English Bible A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. Young's Literal Translation And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Birth of Moses1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, 2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.… Cross References Exodus 6:16 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. Exodus 6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. Numbers 26:59 and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. Treasury of Scripture And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. A. Exodus 6:16-20 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… Numbers 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari… Jump to Previous Daughter House Levi Married WifeJump to Next Daughter House Levi Married WifeExodus 2 1. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.5. He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter; 7. who employs his mother to nurse him. 11. He kills an Egyptian. 13. He reproves a Hebrew. 15. He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah. 22. Gershom is born. 23. God respects the Israelites' cry. II. THE BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. (1) There went.--Comp. Genesis 35:22; Hosea 1:3. The expression is idiomatic, and has no special force. A man of the house of Levi.--Note the extreme simplicity of this announcement; and compare it with the elaborate legends wherewith Oriental religions commonly surrounded the birth of those who were considered their founders, as Thoth, Zoroaster, Orpheus. Even the name of the man is here omitted as unimportant. It is difficult to conceive any one but Moses making such an omission. A daughter of Levi--i.e., a woman of the same tribe as himself, a descendant of Levi--not a daughter in the literal sense, which the chronology makes impossible. Verses 1-10. - THE BIRTH, ESCAPE, AND EDUCATION OF MOSES. Some years before the Pharaoh issued his edict for the general destruction of the Hebrew male children, Amram of the tribe of Levi, had married Jochebed, his kinswoman (Exodus 6:20). They had already had two children - Miriam, a daughter, born probably soon after the marriage, and Aaron, a son, born some twelve years later. Soon after the issue of the edict, Jochebed gave birth to her third child, a son, who therefore came under its terms. Knowing as she did what fate was in store for him, if his existence became known to the Egyptians, she "hid him three months." Then, despairing of being able to keep him concealed much longer, she devised the plan related in vers. 3-4, which proved successful. Verse 1. - There went a man. The Hebrew language is deficient in tenses, and cannot mark pluperfect time. The meaning is, that "a man of the house of Levi had gone, some time before, and taken to wife a daughter of Levi." Miriam must have been fourteen or fifteen at the time of the exposure of Moses. By a daughter of Levi, we must not understand an actual daughter, which is irreconcilable with the chronology, but one of Levi's descendants - "a wife of the daughters of Levi," as the LXX. translates.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now a manאִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of the house מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Levi לֵוִ֑י (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him married וַיִּקַּ֖ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take a Levite לֵוִֽי׃ (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him woman, בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter Links Exodus 2:1 NIVExodus 2:1 NLT Exodus 2:1 ESV Exodus 2:1 NASB Exodus 2:1 KJV Exodus 2:1 BibleApps.com Exodus 2:1 Biblia Paralela Exodus 2:1 Chinese Bible Exodus 2:1 French Bible Exodus 2:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 2:1 A man of the house of Levi (Exo. Ex) |