Numbers 4:29

29 "As for the descendants of M'rari, take a census by clans and families

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 Aharon and his sons are to supervise all the work of the Gershon clan in transporting loads and serving, and to assign them who is to carry what.

28 This is how the Gershon families are to serve in the tent of meeting, and they are to be under the direction of Itamar the son of Aharon the cohen.

29 "As for the descendants of M'rari, take a census by clans and families

30 of all those between thirty and fifty years old, all who will be in the corps doing the work of serving in the tent of meeting.

31 "Their service for the tent of meeting will be to carry the frames, crossbars, posts and sockets of the tabernacle;