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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 4:44 — Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
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The family of Merari, though smaller than either of the other families of Levi, yet had a greater number of able men than any of them; for out of 6,200 males of a month old and upwards, we find 3,200 who were neither too young nor too old for the service of the sanctuary; which was more than one-half of their whole number. In this the wisdom and providence of God appear most conspicuously; for the Merarites were charged with the heaviest part of the sanctuary, as the boards, bars, sockets, etc; and though waggons were afterwards provided for them, yet the loading and unloading of the sockets, and other things of great weight, would require much strength, both bodily and numerical. (Compare Num 4:36,40, with Num 3:22,28,24.) Thus God ever manifests his wisdom, in fitting men for the work to which they are appointed, whether with respect to number or gifts: ?For to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another faith, by the same Spirit; to anot |
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Num 4:36 |
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. |
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Num 4:40 |
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |
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Num 3:22 |
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred. |
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Num 3:28 |
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. |
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Num 3:24 |
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 4:44," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/4/44.html>.
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