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Numbers 3:17
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. (Numbers 3:17)
Sons of Levi.
 To the three men mentioned in this verse are traced the three main divisions of the Levites in Jerusalem after the Exile (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16; cf. Num. 26:57).