Numbers 4:29

29 "[For] the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to {their families}, you will muster them;

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 And all the work of the descendants of the Gershonites will be at {the command} of Aaron and his sons, for all they [are to] carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they [are to] carry.

28 This [is] the work of the clan of the descendants of the Gershonites in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility [lies] {under the direction} of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

29 "[For] the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to {their families}, you will muster them;

30 from {those thirty years old} and above until {fifty years old}; you will muster them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly.

31 And this [is] the responsibility of {those who are to carry}, all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases,

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"
• [b] Literally "the house of their fathers"
• [c] Or "count," or "summon," or "enroll"