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Numbers 4:42 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 42
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,Numbers 4:42 · King James Version
Numbers 4:42 in context
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.
42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
43From 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,
44Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- MerariMᵉrârîyMerari, an IsraeliteH4847 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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