Numbers 4:49

At the bidding of Yahweh, were they put in charge by the mediation of Moses, man by man, over his labour and over his burden,—yea, they who were put in charge by him, were they, whom Yahweh commanded Moses.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

48yea, they who were numbered of them were found to be—eight thousand, and five hundred, and eighty.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:47But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.

Numbers 2:33But the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Numbers 4:15So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which, is holy, else should they die, these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:24This, shall be the labour of the families of the Gershonites,—in labouring and in bearing:

Numbers 4:32and the pillars of the court round about and their sockets and their pins and their cords, to the extent of all their articles, to the extent of all their labour, and by names, shall ye put under their care the articles of their charge of burdens.

Numbers 4:41These, are they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who might labour in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh.

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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