MERARI
The youngest of Levi’s three sons, born in Canaan, and head of a family of the Levites, Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 6:1. In the journey through the wilderness they were charged with the framework of the tabernacle, to carry from one place of encampment to another, and there set it up, Numbers 1:4-33; Numbers 1:7. Twelve cities were assigned to them beyond Jordan, Joshua 21:7, Joshua 1:21.