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In the Book of Exodus, Kehath has four sons, Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.Amram marries Jochebed and sires Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. [7] Although some Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Septuagint version of the Torah state that Jochebed was Kehath's cousin, [8] the Hebrew Masoretic Text states that she was his sister [9] —that is, Amram's aunt—and Jochebed's relationship to Levi is ...
According to the Torah, Izhar (Hebrew: יִצְהָר, Modern: Yīṣhar, Tiberian: Yīṣhār, "(one who) sparkles"/oil [1]) was the father of Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri, and was a son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, [2] consequently being the brother of Amram and uncle of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses.
Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, Gustave Doré, 1865. Battle of the Hebrews against the Canaanites and Punishment of Korah, miniature from Antiquities of the Jews. Korah (Hebrew: קֹרַח Qōraḥ; Arabic: قارون Qārūn), son of Izhar, is an individual who appears in the Biblical Book of Numbers of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and four different verses in the Quran, known for ...
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In the Apocryphal Testament of Levi, it is stated that Amram was born as a grandson of Levi when Levi was 64 years old. [9] The Exodus Rabbah argues that when the Pharaoh instructed midwives to throw male children into the Nile, Amram divorced Jochebed, who was three months pregnant with Moses at the time, arguing that there was no justification for the Israelite men to father children if they ...
The Sons of Korah were the sons of Moses' cousin Korah.The story of Korah is found in Numbers 16. Korah led a revolt against Moses; he died, along with all his co-conspirators, when God caused "the earth to open her mouth and swallow him and all that appertained to them" (Numbers 16:31–33).
Qahat (Kehath or Kohath), a righteous man, was the second son of Levi, and lived to be 133 years old. He was the father of the Kohathites and was appointed to carry the Ark of the Covenant along with sacred utensils of the tabernacle during the Israelites ' journey through the desert.
Heman, in turn, was a direct paternal descendant of Yizhar, the son of Kehath, who was the eponymous ancestor of the Yizhari family of Girona. [2] The Horowitz family has traditionally maintained a connection to its patriarch, the aforementioned Samuel. This connection is exemplified by Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778). On ...