Numbers 4:42

The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

In Context

41This is the people of the Gersonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

43From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to fulfil the rites of the tabernacle of the covenant:

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17To the priests by their families, and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies.

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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