Numbers 4:47
from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
46So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
48And the number of men was 8,580.
Cross References
Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers 4:30from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Romans 12:6We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
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 →