Numbers 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, ”

Numbers 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Census of the Levites Qualified to Serve about the Tabernacle, and the Apportionment of their Duties. This census includes all males between 30 and 50 ( cf. 1 Chronicles 23:3 ). In Numbers 8:2...
Numbers 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, Sons of Kohath ... from thirty years old and upward. This age was specific...
Numbers 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Duties of the Levites on the March 2. Kohath seems to have been the second son of Levi ( Numbers 3:17 ), but his family is mentioned first, because Moses and Aaron belonged to it ( Numbers 3:1...
Numbers 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (2) Of the sons of Kohath... — Kohath appears to have been the second son of Levi ( Numbers 3:17 ), but the Kohathites here stand first because Moses and Aaron belonged to them, and it was t...
Numbers 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. LEVITICAL SERVICE Numbers 3:14-39 ; Numbers 4:1-49 The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The G...
Numbers 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for c...
Numbers 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the reader observe upon the particular age of the Levites, appointed to minister in holy things, that this service did not begin till after the thirtieth year. And surely the Reader will not forg...
Numbers 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi ,.... They were to begin with them first, and number them: after their families, by the house of their fathers ; as many as were of t...
Numbers 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, Ver. 2. Of the sons of Kohath. ] Kohath was not Levi's firstborn, but Gershom:...
Numbers 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES (vs.1-20) Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same is said as to...
Numbers 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Levites. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,...
Numbers 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 4 The Tasks of the Levites. In this chapter the special tasks allotted to the priests and to each of the sub-tribes of Levi are described, and the number of Levites between thirty and fif...
Numbers 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3 . צָבָא, host , “signifies military service, and is used here with special reference to the service of the Levites as the militia sacra of Jehovah.”— Keil and Del ....
Numbers 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:1-2 . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, There w...
Numbers 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:3 . Thirty years old. We read in chap. 8., that the levites began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1 Chronicles 23 ., we learn that the census was taken at the...
Numbers 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 4:1-4 ). Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath. The Levites having been separated from the other tribes, the Kohathites...
Numbers 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Kohathites
Numbers 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 3:19 ; Numbers 3:27

Numbers 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge