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Numbers 4:38 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, "
Numbers 4:38
Verse in Context
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36 Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
37 These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
38 Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,
39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
40 even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
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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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