Numbers 4:29

“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

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WEBBE

“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

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;

ASV

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

BBE

The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

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בְּנֵי be·nei [the] descendants of H1121 מְרָרִי me·ra·ri Merari H4847 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 תִּפְקֹד tif·kod you will enroll H6485 אֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 21–33

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2Co 5:1, and the putting it off, 2Pe 1:14. All shall be raised up in the great day, when these vile bodies shall be made like the glorious body of Jesus Christ, and so shall be for ever with the Lord.

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Merari

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