Numbers 4:42
in Numbers 4And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
KJV
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe.
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And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,.... See Gill on Num 4:34;
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפְקוּדֵ֕י | ufekudei | and [the] enrolled [men] of | H6485 → | 303 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת | mishpechot | [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְרָרִ֑י | merari | Merari | H4847 → | 36 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵ֥ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽם׃ | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
וּפְקוּדֵ֕יand [the] enrolled [men] of
ufekudeiH6485 →303 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת[the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְרָרִ֑יMerari
merariH4847 →36 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵ֥יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָֽם׃ancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).