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Kohath, Kohathites
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ko'-hath (congregation; wrinkle; bluntness, assembly)
RELATED: Hebron, Levi, Tabernacle |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
assembly, The second son of Levi, and father of Amram
( Genesis
46:11 ). He came down to Egypt with Jacob, and lived to the age of one hundred
and thirty-three years ( Exodus
6:18 ).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
congregation; wrinkle; bluntness
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(assembly)
Second of the three sons of Levi, from whom the three principal divisions of the
Levites derived their origin and their name. ( Genesis
46:11 ; Exodus
6:16 ) In the journeyings of the tabernacle of the sons of Kohath (Kohathites)
had charge of the most holy portions of the vessels. ( Numbers
4:1 ) ... Of the personal history of Kohath we know nothing, except that he
came down to Egypt with Levi and Jacob, ( Genesis
46:11 ) that his sister was Jochebed, ( Exodus
6:20 ) and that he lived to the age of 133 years. ( Exodus
6:18 ) (B.C. about 1491.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ko'-hath, ko'-hath-its (qehath, qohathi; Kaath):
Second son of Levi, and ancestor of Moses and Aaron (Genesis 46:11 ; Exodus 6:16
- 20 ; Numbers 3:17 ; 1 Chronicles 6:1 , etc.). The Kohathites formed one of the
three divisions of the tribe of Levi; the other two being the Gershonites and
the Merarites (Numbers 3:17). The Kohathites consisted of four families, the Amramites,
the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites (Numbers 3:19 , 27 , etc.).
Their place in the wilderness was on the southern side of the tabernacle (Numbers
3:29), and their number is given (from a month old) as 8,600 (Numbers 3:28). Their
special charge was "the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars,
and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and
all the service thereof" (Numbers 3:31 ; compare Numbers 7:9). After the conquest
23 cities were assigned them by lot (Joshua 21:4 , 5). In David's time and after,
Heman, a Kohathite, and his family had a prominent place in the service of the
music of the sanctuary (1 Chronicles 6:33 ; 16:41 ; 25:1); David likewise divided
the Levites into courses (the Kohathites, 1 Chronicles 23:12 - 20 ; 24:20 - 25).
We read of the Kohathites in the reign of Jehoshaphat at Engedi (2 Chronicles
20:19), and in connection with the cleansing of the temple under Hezekiah (2 Chronicles
29:12 , 14).
James Orr
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