Numbers 4:21

The Duties of the Gershonites

21 And the LORD said to Moses, ¹

Numbers 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:21

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Though Aaron is not mentioned here, he was concerned in taking the sum of the Gershonites, as well as of the Kohathites, as appears from ( Numbers 4:41 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 4:21 In-Context

19 In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

20 But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

21 And the LORD said to Moses,

22 “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,

23 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Cross References

• 1. (Numbers 3:21–26; 1 Chronicles 23:7–11)