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Numbers 4:42

Also, the men in the families and family groups of the Merari family were counted.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Levites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Merarites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Merari;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Merari, Merarites;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Merari, Merarites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Merari;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
King James Version
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
Lexham English Bible
Those counted of the clans of the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,
New Century Version
Also, the men in the families and family groups of the Merari family were counted,
New English Translation
Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,
Amplified Bible
The men who were numbered of the sons of Merari, by their families (clans), by their fathers' households,
New American Standard Bible
And the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' households,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers,
Legacy Standard Bible
The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' households,
Complete Jewish Bible
The census of the families of the descendants of M'rari, by their clans and families,
Darby Translation
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,
English Standard Version
Those listed of the clans of the sons of Merari, by their clans and their fathers' houses,
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by the house of their fathers,
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,
Literal Translation
And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Merari were nombred also acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses,
American Standard Version
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Bible in Basic English
And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the numbers of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
King James Version (1611)
And those that were numbred of the families of the sonnes of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;
English Revised Version
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Berean Standard Bible
And the Merarites were counted by their clans and their families,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Merary weren noumbrid, bi the kynredis and housis of her fadris,
Young's Literal Translation
And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers,
Update Bible Version
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Webster's Bible Translation
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
World English Bible
Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
New King James Version
Those of the families of the sons of Merari who were numbered, by their families, by their fathers' house,
New Living Translation
The Merarite division was also listed by its clans and families.
New Life Bible
The men of the families of the sons of Merari were numbered, by their families and their fathers' houses,
New Revised Standard
The enrollment of the clans of the Merarites, by their clans and their ancestral houses,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families by their ancestral house;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers,
Revised Standard Version
The number of the families of the sons of Merar'i, by their families and their fathers' houses,
THE MESSAGE
The Merarites were counted by clan and family. All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting, counted by clan, were 3,200. This was the total from the Merarite clans. Moses and Aaron counted them just as God had commanded through Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' households,

Contextual Overview

34 Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the Israelites counted the Kohathites. They counted them by families and family groups. 35 They counted all the men from 30 to 50 years old who were able to serve. These men were given special work to do for the Meeting Tent. 36 There were 2750 men in the Kohath family group who were qualified to do this work. 37 So these men from the Kohath family group were given their special work to do for the Meeting Tent. Moses and Aaron did this the way the Lord had told Moses to do. 38 Also, the Gershonite family group was counted. 39 All the men from 30 to 50 years old who qualified to serve were counted. These men were given their special work to do for the Meeting Tent. 40 There were 2630 men in the families of the Gershon family group who were qualified. 41 So these men from the Gershon family group were given their special work to do for the Meeting Tent. Moses and Aaron did this the way the Lord had told Moses to do. 42 Also, the men in the families and family groups of the Merari family were counted. 43 All the men from 30 to 50 years old who qualified to serve were counted. These men were given their special work to do for the Meeting Tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:47 - Merari 2 Chronicles 31:17 - genealogy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,.... :-;


 
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