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Selected Verse: Numbers 4:29 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 4:29 |
Strong Concordance |
As for the sons [01121] of Merari [04847], thou shalt number [06485] them after their families [04940], by the house [01004] of their fathers [01]; |
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King James |
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| As for the sons of Merari--They carried the coarser and heavier appurtenances, which, however, were so important and necessary, that an inventory was kept of them--not only on account of their number and variety, but of their comparative commonness and smallness, which might have led to their being lost or missing through carelessness, inadvertency, or neglect. It was a useful lesson, showing that God disregards nothing pertaining to His service, and that even in the least and most trivial matters, He requires the duty of faithful obedience. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Service of the Merarites. - Num 4:29 and Num 4:30, like Num 4:22 and Num 4:23. פּקד, to muster, i.e., to number, equivalent to ראשׁ נשׁא, to take the number. |
23 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] until fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121] shalt thou number [06485] them; all that enter in [0935] to perform [06633] the service [06635], to do [05647] the work [05656] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
22 Take [05375] also the sum [07218] of the sons [01121] of Gershon [01648], throughout the houses [01004] of their fathers [01], by their families [04940];
30 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even unto fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121] shalt thou number [06485] them, every one that entereth [0935] into the service [06635], to do [05647] the work [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
29 As for the sons [01121] of Merari [04847], thou shalt number [06485] them after their families [04940], by the house [01004] of their fathers [01];