Levites

Belarusian rabbi

The Merarites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Merarites were all descended from the eponymous Merari, a son of Levi, although some biblical scholars regard this as a postdictional metaphor, providing an origin myth of the connectedness of the clan to others in the Israelite confederation.

British jurist and statistician (1821–1888)

The Korahites (, ; also , "sons of Korah") in the Bible were the portion of the Kohathites that descended from the Sons of Korah. They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division ().