Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Numbers 4:1
CHAPTER IV
Moses is commanded to take the sum of the sons of Kohath from
thirty years old and upward, 1-4.
The service which they had to perform, 5-15.
The office of Eleazar, 16.
The family of Kohath to be continued among the Levites, 17-19.
They are not to go into the holy of holies, 20.
The sum of the sons of Gershon, 21-23.
The service they had to perform, 24-27.
They are to be under Ithamar, 28.
The sum of the sons of Merari, 29, 30.
The service they had to perform, 31-33.
The sum of all the families of Kohath, 2,750, ver. 34-37.
The sum of the families of Gershon, 2,630, ver. 38-41.
The sum of the families of Merari, 3,200, ver. 42-45.
The sum total of the families of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,
8,580, ver. 46-49.
NOTES ON CHAP. IV