Numbers 4:42

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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 they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD.

43from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:17and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

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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