Numbers 4:29
What does Numbers 4:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 4:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
KJV
King James Version · 1611As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;
Context
v.28This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
v.29This passage
v.30from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 3:33
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
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