Counting the Families of the Levites
34 Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the men of Kohath. They counted them family by family.
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They counted all of the men who were from 30 to 50 years old. Those were the men who came and served at the Tent of Meeting.
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There were 2,750 men. They were counted family by family.
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That was the total of all of the men in the Kohath families who served at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them. They did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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The men of Gershon were counted family by family.
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All of the men who were from 30 to 50 years old were counted. They were the men who came and served at the Tent of Meeting.
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There were 2,630 men. They were counted family by family.
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That was the total of the men in the Gershon families who served at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them. They did just as the LORD had commanded.
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The men of Merari were counted family by family.
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All of the men who were from 30 to 50 years old were counted. They were the men who came and served at the Tent of Meeting.
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There were 3,200 men. They were counted family by family.
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That was the total of the men in the Merari families. Moses and Aaron counted them. They did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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So Moses and Aaron counted all of the Levites. The leaders of Israel helped them. They counted the Levites family by family.
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All of the men who were from 30 to 50 years old were counted. They were the men who came and served at the Tent of Meeting. They were also supposed to carry it.
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The total number of men was 8,580.
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Everything was done as the LORD had commanded through Moses. Each man was given his work. And each one was told what to carry. So they were counted, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.