Numbers Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
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Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers;
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"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
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`Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Take the sum of the sons of Kohath. The Levites having been separated from the other tribes, the Kohathites are now to be separated from amongst the other Levites for the most honourable and sacred duties. To them the preference was given presumably because the priests were Kohathites.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersIV.(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 their office to bear the Ark.