Numbers 4:1

The Census of the Kohathites

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Numbers 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them a second time, and take out from them such as were fit for service:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 4:1 In-Context

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

2 "{Take a census} of the descendants of Kohath from the midst of the descendants of Levi, according to their clans and {their families},

3 from {thirty years old} and above, up to {fifty years old}, everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly.

4 This [is] the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary:

5 When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.