Numbers 4:29
27 All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
28 This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
30 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
31 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
- KJV
- As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
- WEB
- “As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
- ASV
- As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers` houses;
- DARBY
- The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;
- BLB
- [As for] the sons of Merari, by their clans, and by the house of their fathers, you shall number them,
- ÅB
- Meraris barn skal du mønstre etter deres slekter og familier.
- OTB
- Tell Merarittene etter deres klaner og deres fedres hus.
- B1930
- Meraris barn skal du mønstre efter deres ætter og familier.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 3:33–35
From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
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