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Numbers 4:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses; "
Numbers 4:29
Verse in Context
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27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 “As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
30 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
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Numbers 4:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,"
Numbers 4:2
"“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,"
Numbers 4:3
"from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting."
Numbers 4:4
"“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things."
Numbers 4:5
"When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,"
Numbers 4:6
"put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles."
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