Numbers 4:22

'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

In Context

21And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying:

23from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them: all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do service in the tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:22-34

21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering,… Read the whole commentary →

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