Numbers 4:2

Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

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In The King James Version

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

In Context

1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

3All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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