According to the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the s ...

, Izhar () was the father of

Korah Korah ( he, ''Qōraḥ''; ar, قارون ''Qārūn''), son of Izhar, is an individual who appears in the Book of Numbers of the Hebrew Bible and four different verses in the Quran, known for leading a rebellion against Moses. Some older Engl ...

, Nepheg, and Zichri, and was a son of

Kohath According to the Torah, Kehath ( he, קְהָת, ''Qəhāṯ'') or Kohath was one of the sons of Levi and the patriarchal founder of the Kehathites, one of the four main divisions of the Levites in biblical times. In some apocryphal texts, such ...

and grandson of

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, consequently being the brother of

Amram In the Book of Exodus, Amram (; ) is the husband of Jochebed and father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. In the Bible In addition to being married to Jochebed, Amram is also described in the Bible as having been related to Jochebed prior to the ...

and uncle of

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Miriam Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The To ...

, and Moses. No further details of his life are given by the Bible, and according to some

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the genealogy for Levi's descendants is actually an

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, reflecting popular perception of the connections between different Levite factions. Despite twice listing Izhar as being among the sons of Kohath, the Book of Chronicles subsequently goes on to state, only a few verses later, that it was the (previously unmentioned) son of Kohath named ''Amminadab'' that became the father of Korah. However these were prominent clan names and not always direct sons as expected in Western genealogies. Later in the Book of Chronicles, ''Amminadab'' is given as the name of the leader of the ''Uzzielites'', a clan which the biblical genealogy proclaims as being descended from Uzziel, Izhar's brother.

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{{Reflist Levites Book of Exodus people Tribe of Levi