“And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.”
Priestly candidates with uncertain genealogy are addressed: "As for the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by the name of Barzillai)." The specific case of intermarriage with a non-priestly family (the Gileadite Barzillai) illustrates how genealogical complexity arose; a priestly family's intermarriage with non-priestly lines created genealogical and status ambiguity.
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