Numbers 4:42

The families of Merari were counted, according to their family and father's line,

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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 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.

43men aged thirty to fifty—all who were entitled to do the work of serving in the Tent of Meeting.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17They also gave allowances to the priests listed by family in the genealogy, and to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to the responsibilities of 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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