Numbers 4:42

42 The Merarites were counted by clan and family.

Numbers 4:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:42

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari (See Gill on Numbers 4:34);

Numbers 4:42 In-Context

40 counted by clan and family, were 2,630.
41 This was the total from the Gershonite clans who served in the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them just as God had commanded.
42 The Merarites were counted by clan and family.
43 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting,
44 counted by clan, were 3,200.
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