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Numbers 4:34 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 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,Numbers 4:34 · King James Version
Numbers 4:34 in context
32And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34And 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,
35From 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:
36And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- KohathitesQŏhâthîya Kohathite or descendants of KehathH6956 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
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We have here a particular account of the numbers of the three families of the Levites respectively, that is, of the effective men, between thirty years old and fifty. Observe, 1. The Kohathites were, in all, 8600 from a month old and upwards; but of these there were but 2750 serviceable men, not a third part.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-49