Numbers 4:29
in Numbers 4As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
KJV
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
As for the sons of Merari
on Numbers 4:29-33
Merari carries the frame of the tent: the frames, crossbars, posts, bases, tent pegs and ropes. It is the heaviest load, with bases of a hundred talents of silver at Exodus 38:27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
As for the sons of Merari,.... The third and youngest son of Levi: thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; which is the form of expression used of them all; See Gill on Num 4:2.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was a useful lesson, showing that God disregards nothing pertaining to His service, and that even in the least and most trivial matters, He requires the duty of faithful obedience.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְרָרִ֑י | merari | Merari | H4847 → | 36 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֖ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| תִּפְקֹ֥ד | tifkod | you will enroll | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
בְּנֵ֖י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְרָרִ֑יMerari
merariH4847 →36 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵית־to [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֖םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
תִּפְקֹ֥דyou will enroll
tifkodH6485 →303 times
אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.