Numbers 4:29

29 "As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them according to their families, by the house of their fathers;

Numbers 4:29 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:29

As for the sons of Merari
The third and youngest son of Levi:

thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their
fathers;
which is the form of expression used of them all; (See Gill on Numbers 4:2).

Numbers 4:29 In-Context

27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 "As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them according to their families, by the house of their fathers;

30 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one who entereth into the service to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,