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Nu 4:34 Strong Concordance And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] and the chief [05387] of the congregation [05712] numbered [06485] the sons [01121] of the Kohathites [06956] after their families [04940], and after the house [01004] of their fathers [01],
  King James And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Num 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe. In considering their relative numbers, the wisdom of Divine Providence appears in arranging that, whereas in the Kohathites and Gershonites, whose burdens were few and easier, there were but about a third part of them which were fit for service; the Merarites, whose burdens were more and heavier, had above one half of them fit for this work [POOLE]. The small population of this tribe, so inferior to that of the other tribes, is attempted to be explained (see on Num 3:39).
 
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39 All that were numbered [06485] of the Levites [03881], which Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] numbered [06485] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], throughout their families [04940], all the males [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], were twenty [06242] and two [08147] thousand [0505].
15 Number [06485] the children [01121] of Levi [03878] after the house [01004] of their fathers [01], by their families [04940]: every male [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605] shalt thou number [06485] them.