Numbers 4:42

42 The Merarites were counted by their clans and families.

Numbers 4:42 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
English Standard Version (ESV)
42 Those listed of the clans of the sons of Merari, by their clans and their fathers' houses,
New Living Translation (NLT)
42 The Merarite division was also listed by its clans and families.
The Message Bible (MSG)
42 The Merarites were counted by clan and family.
American Standard Version (ASV)
42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
42 The Merarites were registered by families and households.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
42 The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral houses,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
42 The men of Merari were counted family by 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 their clans and families, were 2,630.
41 This was the total of those in the Gershonite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command.
42 The Merarites were counted by their clans and families.
43 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
44 counted by their clans, were 3,200.
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