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Numbers 4:39 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 39
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,Numbers 4:39 · King James Version
Numbers 4:39 in context
37These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
39From 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,
40Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- enterethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- servicetsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- upwardmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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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