And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

EXODUS 6:24KJV
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Exodus 6:24 (KJV)

What does Exodus 6:24 mean?

Exodus 6:24 lists the sons of Korah—Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph—and states that these men are the founders of the families known as the Korhites. This verse is part of a genealogy showing the descendants of Levi, highlighting the line of Korah.

Moses is recording the family lines of the Levites as God instructed him, speaking to the people of Israel during their time in Egypt. The verse identifies the Korhites as a distinct group within the tribe of Levi, tracing their ancestry through Korah’s sons. This genealogy helps establish the roles and heritage of different Levitical families in Israel’s history.

Where else these words appear

“Assir” Hebrew H617 · used in 5 verses

“Korhites” Hebrew H7145 · used in 8 verses

  • Numbers 26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
  • 1 Chronicles 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

“Elkanah” Hebrew H511 · used in 20 verses

  • 1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
  • 1 Samuel 2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

“Korah” Hebrew H7141 · used in 37 verses

  • Genesis 36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
  • Numbers 16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.