Numbers 4 · Verse 29

Numbers 4:29

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
Numbers 4:29, King James Version

Numbers 4:29 in other translations

BSBAs for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
WEB“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
ASVAs for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
YLT‘The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them;
DARBYThe sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;
BBEThe sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
WebsterAs for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

What does Numbers 4:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:29-33
29-33. As for the sons of Merari--They carried the coarser and heavier appurtenances, which, however, were so important and necessary, that an inventory was kept of them--not only on account of their number and variety, but of their comparative commonness and smallness, which might have led to their being lost or missing through carelessness, inadvertency, or neglect. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:21-33

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2Co 5:1, and the putting it off, 2Pe 1:14. All shall be raised up in…

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Numbers 4:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
מְרָרִ֑יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
לְבֵית\־le.veit-to [the] house ofH1004
אֲבֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1
תִּפְקֹ֥דtif.Kodyou will enrollH6485
אֹתָֽם\׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 4:29

  • Numbers 3:33-35

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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Context

  • Numbers 4:28

    This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

  • Numbers 4:29

    As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

  • Numbers 4:30

    From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Numbers 4:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Contarás los hijos de Merari por sus familias, por las casas de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quant aux fils de Merari, tu les dénombreras selon leurs familles, selon leurs maisons de pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Meraris-nach ihren Familien, nach ihren Vaterhäusern sollst du sie mustern;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filios quoque Merari per familias et domos patrum suorum recensebis,