So this was the total of all those from the Gershonite clans who were eligible to serve at the Tabernacle. Moses and Aaron listed them, just as the Lord had commanded.

Commentaries

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John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

These [are] they that were numbered of the families
(See Gill on Numbers 4:34);

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

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17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God cal…