Numbers 4:46

And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

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All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

In Context

45This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

47Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:35-49

34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the… Read the whole commentary →

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