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44 their number by families was three thousand two hundred.
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counted by their clans, were 3,200.
45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merar'i, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
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This was the total of those in the Merarite clans. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and their fathers' houses,
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So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families.
47 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
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All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting
48 those who were numbered of them were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
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numbered 8,580.
49 According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were appointed, each to his task of serving or carrying; thus they were numbered by him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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