Numbers 4:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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Genesis 46:11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 1:51And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:1
In the former chapter an account was taken of the whole tribe of Levi, in this we have an account of those of that tribe who were in the prime of their time for service, betwixt thirty and fifty years old. I. The serviceable men of the Kohathites are ordered to be numbered, and their charges are given them, ver. 2-20 . II. Of the Gershonites, ver. 24-28 . III. Of the Merarites, ver. 29-33 . IV. The numbers of each, and the sum total at last, are recorded, ver. 34 , &c. Read the whole commentary →