34 And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation listed the sons of the Kohathites, by their clans and their fathers' houses, 35 (A)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting; 36 and those listed by clans were 2,750. 37 (B)This was the list of the clans of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.

38 Those listed of the sons of Gershon, by their clans and their fathers' houses, 39 (C)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty for service in the tent of meeting— 40 those listed by their clans and their fathers' houses were 2,630. 41 (D)This was the list of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the Lord.

42 Those listed of the clans of the sons of Merari, by their clans and their fathers' houses, 43 (E)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting— 44 those listed by clans were 3,200. 45 (F)This was the list of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.

46 All those who were listed of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel listed, by their clans and their fathers' houses, 47 (G)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, 48 those listed were 8,580. 49 According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses they were listed, (H)each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, (I)as the Lord commanded Moses.

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34 And Moses and Aaron mustered the leaders of the community according to the house of their families,[a] 35 from those thirty years old[b] and above until fifty years old;[c] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 36 the ones counted[d] were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites,[e] everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[f] according to the command[g] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[h]

38 And the descendants[i] of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to their families,[j] 39 from those thirty years old[k] and above until fifty years old,[l] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; 40 the ones counted,[m] according to their clans, according to their families,[n] were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[o] of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[p] according to the command[q] of Yahweh.

42 Those counted of the clans of the descendants[r] of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,[s] 43 from those thirty years old[t] and above until fifty years old,[u] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 44 the ones counted,[v] according to their clans, were three thousand two hundred. 45 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[w] of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered[x] according to the command[y] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[z]

46 All those counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel mustered[aa] according to their clans, according to their families,[ab] 47 from those thirty years old[ac] and above until fifty years old,[ad] everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, 48 the ones counted[ae] were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 According to the command[af] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses[ag] they were mustered,[ah] each man according to his service and according to their[ai] service and according to their[aj] burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:34 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  2. Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  3. Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  4. Numbers 4:36 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  5. Numbers 4:37 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  6. Numbers 4:37 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  7. Numbers 4:37 Literally “the mouth”
  8. Numbers 4:37 Or “through Moses”
  9. Numbers 4:38 Or “sons”
  10. Numbers 4:38 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  11. Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  12. Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  13. Numbers 4:40 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  14. Numbers 4:40 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  15. Numbers 4:41 Or “sons”
  16. Numbers 4:41 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  17. Numbers 4:41 Literally “the mouth”
  18. Numbers 4:42 Or “sons”
  19. Numbers 4:42 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  20. Numbers 4:43 Literally “thirty years and above”
  21. Numbers 4:43 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  22. Numbers 4:44 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  23. Numbers 4:45 Or “sons”
  24. Numbers 4:45 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  25. Numbers 4:45 Literally “the mouth”
  26. Numbers 4:45 Or “through Moses”
  27. Numbers 4:46 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  28. Numbers 4:46 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  29. Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  30. Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  31. Numbers 4:48 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  32. Numbers 4:49 Literally “the mouth”
  33. Numbers 4:49 Or “through Moses”
  34. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “he mustered”
  35. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”
  36. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”