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Numbers 3:35 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.Numbers 3:35 · King James Version
Numbers 3:35 in context
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- AbihailʼĂbîyhayilAbihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two IsraelitessesH32 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- MerariMᵉrârîyMerari, an IsraeliteH4847 →
- ZurielTsûwrîyʼêlTsuriel, an IsraeliteH6700 →
- chiefnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
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The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-39