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Numbers 4:46 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses, "
Numbers 4:46
Verse in Context
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44 even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
45 These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
46 All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,
47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
48 even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
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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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