Numbers 4:40

The total by families and father's line was 2,630.

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In The King James Version

Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

In Context

39men aged thirty to fifty—all who were entitled to do the work of serving in the Tent of Meeting.

41This was the total of the families of Gershon —all who were entitled to do the work of serving in the Tent of Meeting. They were registered by Moses and Aaron in accordance with the Lord's instructions.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:32The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest. He was in charge of those responsible for serving in the sanctuary.

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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