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Numbers 4:34

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

Numbers 4:34 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 4:34

Theological / Devotional

The chief of the congregation. Literally, “the princes of the congregation” (cf. Num. 16:2; 31:13; Ex. 16:22; Joshua 9:15).

Numbered. Not all males descended from Kohath (see ch. 3:28), but only those from 30 to 50 (ch. 4:35).

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