Bible Strands
Numbers 4:34
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron, joined by tribal leaders, conduct a census of the Kohathite clan during the Tabernacle organization, immediately after listing the Merarites and before specifying the age and duty parameters for Levitical service.
The words — וַ/יִּפְקֹ֨ד (va/yifkod) = and he enrolled; בְּנֵ֣י הַ/קְּהָתִ֑י (be.nei ha/qehati) = the descendants of the Kohathite.
The thread — The administrative numbering of Levitical families recurs in Numbers 1:47 and Numbers 3:27-28, establishing a repeated pattern of clan-based organization for Tabernacle duties.
Why it lands — The text records a systematic count of specific families to assign sacred responsibilities, requiring the reader to recognize that religious service in this context is structured, verified, and distributed by lineage rather than individual initiative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,