Numbers 4:29

New American Standard Bible

"As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers' households;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

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

Lexham English Bible
"For the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to their families, you will muster them;

New Century Version
"Count the Merarite families and family groups.

New English Translation
"As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

Amplified Bible
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families (clans), by their fathers' households;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers:

Legacy Standard Bible
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' households;

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Moses, find out how many men between thirty and fifty are in the two Levite clans of Merari, but count only those who are able to work at the sacred tent.

Complete Jewish Bible
"As for the descendants of M'rari, take a census by clans and families

Darby Translation
The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;

Easy-to-Read Version
"Count all the men in the families and family groups in the Merari family group.

English Standard Version
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall list them by their clans and their fathers' houses.

George Lamsa Translation
As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral families.

Literal Translation
You shall number the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' house,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Merari after their kynred and fathers house, shalt thou appoynte also,

American Standard Version
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

Bible in Basic English
The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt number the sonnes of Merari after their kinredes, and after the houses of their fathers:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

King James Version (1611)
As for the sonnes of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them.

English Revised Version
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

Berean Standard Bible
As for the sons of Merari, you are to register them by their clans and families,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also thou schalt noumbre the sones of Merary, bi the meynees and housis of her fadris,

Young's Literal Translation
`The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them;

Update Bible Version
As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

Webster's Bible Translation
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

World English Bible
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

New King James Version
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers' house.

New Living Translation
"Now record the names of the members of the clans and families of the Merarite division of the tribe of Levi.

New Life Bible
"As for the sons of Merari, number them by their families and by their fathers' houses.

New Revised Standard
As for the Merarites, you shall enroll them by their clans and their ancestral houses;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for the sons of Merari, - by their families by their ancestral house, shall ye number them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,

Revised Standard Version
"As for the sons of Merar'i, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses;

THE MESSAGE
"Number the Merarites by their ancestral families. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who enter the ministry of work at the Tent of Meeting.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' households;

Contextual Overview

²¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ²² "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families; ²³ from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them: all who can enter to perform service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. ²⁴ "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying: ²⁵ they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, ²⁶ and the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes and all the equipment for their service; and everything that is to be done by them, they shall perform. ²⁷ "All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, that is, all their loads and all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. ²⁸ "This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers' households;³⁰ from thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, you shall count them, everyone who can enter the service to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Bible Verse Review
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Numbers 3:33-35

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:36 - under the custody and charge Numbers 4:45 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As for the sons of Merari,.... The third and youngest son of Levi:

thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; which is the form of expression used of them all;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Gershonites and Merarites are superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its construction Exodus 38:21. Thus, readily do the permanent offices of the leaders of the Israelite community spring out of the duties which, under the emergencies of the first year of the Exodus, they had been led, from time to time, to undertake.

Numbers 4:32

By name ye shall reckon the instruments - Or, assign them to their bearers singly, and “by name.” These “instruments” comprised the heavier parts of the tabernacle; and the order seems intended to prevent individual Merarites choosing their own burden, and so throwing more than the proper share on others.