Numbers 4:42

Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

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And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

In Context

41These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of the LORD.

43from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;

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 →

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