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href="../numbers/4-41.htm" title="Numbers 4:41">◄</a> Numbers 4:42 <a href="../numbers/4-43.htm" title="Numbers 4:43">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/numbers/4.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/numbers/4.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/numbers/4.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/numbers/4.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/numbers/4.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/numbers/4.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/numbers/4.htm" 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The least of the tribes had many more able men than the Levites: those who engage in the service of this world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God. May our souls be wholly devoted to his service.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/numbers/4.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>By name ye shall reckon the instruments - Or, assign them to their bearers singly, and "by name." These "instruments" comprised the heavier parts of the tabernacle; and the order seems intended to prevent individual Merarites choosing their own burden, and so throwing more than the proper share on others. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/numbers/4.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>34-49. Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.—This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe. In considering their relative numbers, the wisdom of Divine Providence appears in arranging that, whereas in the Kohathites and Gershonites, whose burdens were few and easier, there were but about a third part of them which were fit for service; the Merarites, whose burdens were more and heavier, had above one half of them fit for this work [Poole]. The small population of this tribe, so inferior to that of the other tribes, is attempted to be explained (see on [61]Nu 3:39). <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/numbers/4.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/numbers/4.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,.... See Gill on <a href="/numbers/4-34.htm">Numbers 4:34</a>; <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/numbers/4.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div>Numbers 4:42<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/numbers/4.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>Completion of the prescribed mustering, and statement of the number of men qualified for service in the three Levitical families: viz., 2750 Kohathites, 2630 Gershonites, and 3200 Merarites - in all, 8580 Levites fit for service: a number which bears a just proportion to the total number of male Levites of a month old and upwards, viz., 22,000. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/numbers/4-42.htm">Numbers 4:42 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../numbers/4-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 4:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/4-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 4:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>