King James Version
Numbers 4:29 in the King James Version says “As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;”
Numbers 4:29 · KJV
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. appointment: Heb. mouth
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. service: Heb. warfare
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“As for the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“them after their families”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
“by the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“thou shalt number”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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