Numbers 4:42

And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;

Brenton Septuagint

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 numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

43from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17This is the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward were in their order,

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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