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Numbers 4:34–49

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34Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their families and households. 35They registered all the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to work at the tent of meeting. 36The total of those who were registered was 2,750. They were listed by families. 37This was the total of all those in the Kohathite families who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded Moses and registered the Kohathites. 

38The Gershonites were registered by families and households. 39All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. 40The total of those who were registered was 2,630. They were listed by families and households. 41This was the total of all those in the Gershonite families who worked at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded Moses and registered the Gershonites. 

42The Merarites were registered by families and households. 43All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. 44The total of all those who were registered was 3,200. They were listed by families. 45This was the total of those registered in the Merarite families. Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded Moses and registered the Merarites. 

46The grand total of all the Levites whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered was 8,580. They were listed by families and households. 47These were the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to do the work of serving and who carried the tent of meeting.b49At the Lord’s command through Moses each man was registered and told what to do and what to carry. 

So they were registered as the Lord commanded Moses. 

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Footnotes

  1. b4:47 Verse 48 (in Hebrew) has been placed in verse 46 to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.