The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.
I. We have here a genealogy, not an endless one, such as the apostle condemns (Ti1 1:4), for it ends in those two great patriots Moses and Aaron, and comes in here to show that they were Israelites, bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh whom they were sent to deliver, raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be...
Commenting on Exodus 6:14-30
And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. These seem to be mentioned for the sake of Korah, concerning whom is a remarkable history in the following book; for the other two are nowhere else spoken of. And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
THE GENEALOGY OF MOSES. (Exo. 6:14-30) These be the heads of their fathers' houses--chiefs or governors of their houses. The insertion of this genealogical table in this part of the narrative was intended to authenticate the descent of Moses and Aaron.
Commenting on Exodus 6:14-30