Numbers 4:29

29 The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

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 From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to do and take up; you are to give them their orders.

28 This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

29 The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

30 Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

31 And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;