Numbers 4:2

“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

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WEBBE

“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from amongst the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

BSB

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

KJV

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

ASV

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

BBE

Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

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נָשֹׂא na·so' lift up H5375 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רֹאשׁ rosh [the] head of H7218 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] descendants of H1121 קְהָת ke·hat Kohath H6955 מִתּוֹךְ mi·tokh from among H8432 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] descendants of H1121 לֵוִי le·vi Levi H3878 לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם le·mish·pe·cho·tam to clans their H4940 לְבֵית le·veit to [the] house of H1004 אֲבֹתָם 'a·vo·tam ancestors their H1

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–3

The middle-aged men of the tribe of Levi, all from thirty years old to fifty, were to be employed in the service of the tabernacle. The service of God requires the best of our strength, and the prime portion of our time, which cannot be better spent than to the honour of Him who is the First and Best. And the service of God should be done when we are most lively and active. Those do not consider this who put off repentance to old age, and so leave the best work to be done in the worst time.

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People & places

KohathLevi

Topics

Levites

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.