So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families,
34. And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation Another exception is subjoined, viz., that none should be received unless they were free from all defect and blemish; for we have seen elsewhere that those, who were blind and lame, or defective in any part of their body, were excluded from the tabernacle, lest their disfigurement should produce contempt; and also that they...
We have here a particular account of the numbers of the three families of the Levites respectively, that is, of the effective men, between thirty years old and fifty. Observe, 1. The Kohathites were, in all, 8600 from a month old and upwards; but of these there were but 2750 serviceable men, not a third part.
Commenting on Numbers 4:34-49
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,.... See Gill on Num 4:34. . Numbers 4:40 num 4:40 num 4:40 num 4:40Even those that were numbered of them,.... See Gill on Num 4:34;