Numbers 4:29

Count also the men who belong to the clans descended from Levi’s son Merari.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

In Context

28Those are the tasks that you must give to the men who belong to the clans descended from Gershom. Aaron’s son Ithamar is the one who will supervise their work.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 3:37Their work was also to take care of the posts that held up the curtains that formed the walls of the courtyard, and all the bases, tent pegs, and ropes that fastened those curtains.

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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