Numbers 4:47

47 ¹from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

Numbers 4:47 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:47

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,
&c.] (See Gill on Numbers 4:34).

Numbers 4:47 In-Context

45 This was the list of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

46 All those who were listed of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel listed, by their clans and their fathers' houses,

47 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

48 those listed were 8,580.

49 According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were listed, each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 23 above]