Exodus 6:24
ESV
The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.
NIV
The sons of Korah were: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
NASB
And the sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
CSB
The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.
NLT
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.
KJV
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
NKJV
And the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
What does Exodus 6:24 mean?
After the genealogy (Exodus 6:14) arrives at Aaron (Exodus 6:23), it now records more about Korah. He was the son of Izhar, son of Kohath (Exodus 6:18). He was the father of three sons named Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Korah died in a rebellion in the wilderness (Numbers 16), though his sons did not die with him (Numbers 26:11). The Korahites later served as temple gatekeepers (1 Chronicles 9:19) and were noted in the titles of some of the Psalms (Psalm 42:1; 44—49; 84—85; 87—88).First Chronicles 6:22–23 calls Elkanah the grandson of Korah rather than his son. A second man named Elkanah would later be the father of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:27). The chronology in 1 Chronicles 6:22 offers more details, sharing, "The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son." It appears Korah's "sons" means all of his descendants, rather than only direct offspring. This was common in early biblical genealogies.
