Numbers 4:2

Take the sum of the sons of Kehath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by their divisions,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

In Context

1And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

3From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that are fitted for the service, to do work at the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27And of Kehath: the family of the 'Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the 'Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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