Numbers 4:2

“Write down the names of the men who belong to the clans descended from Levi.

Translation for Translators

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

1Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

3Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. These will be men who will work at the Sacred Tent.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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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