Numbers 4:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
In Context
2Take the sum of the sons of Caath from the midst of the Levites, by their houses and families.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath and Merari.
Numbers 1:51When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:1
In the former chapter an account was taken of the whole tribe of Levi, in this we have an account of those of that tribe who were in the prime of their time for service, betwixt thirty and fifty years old. I. The serviceable men of the Kohathites are ordered to be numbered, and their charges are given them, ver. 2-20 . II. Of the Gershonites, ver. 24-28 . III. Of the Merarites, ver. 29-33 . IV. The numbers of each, and the sum total at last, are recorded, ver. 34 , &c. Read the whole commentary →