Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

The sons of levi

By their polls

General references

Bible References

The sons of levi

Numbers 10:17
The tent was taken down, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried the tent.

After the house

Numbers 1:4
One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.
Numbers 2:32
Here is a summary of the census of the Israelis according to the tribes of their ancestral houses: All the divisions in the camps numbered 603,550,
Numbers 3:15
"Number the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral houses and tribes, numbering every male from a month old and above."
Numbers 4:34
Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses

By their polls

Numbers 1:2
"Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one,
Numbers 3:47
so collect five shekels for each individual, denominated in shekels of the sanctuary, that is, the shekel that weighs 20 gerahs.

General references

Numbers 4:35
from 30 to 50 years old that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting.

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