29
"As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral houses.
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).
27
All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.
28
This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting. Their duties are to be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
29
“Count the Merarites by their clans and families.
30
Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
31
As part of all their service at the tent, they are to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,