Numbers 4:2

Take the census of the Bnei Kehat from among the Bnei Levi, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying,

3From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward even until chamishim shanah (fifty years old), all that enter into the tz'va (holy militia of Hashem ) to do the melachah (work) in the Ohel Mo'ed.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27And to Kehat belonged the mishpakhat of the Amrami, and the mishpakhat of the Yitzhari, and the mishpakhat of the Chevroni, and the mishpakhat of the Uzzieli: these are the mishpekhot of the Kehati.

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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