Numbers 4:2

“Conduct a census of the male descendants of Kohath from among the Levites, by their clans and families.

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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

1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He said,

3Count all the men who are thirty to fifty years old. These men must join the company to serve in the tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:27These clans come from Kohath: the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites. These clans belong to the Kohathites.

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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