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Numbers 4:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Numbers 4:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 “Count the number of the Kohathites from among the sons of Levi by their clans and their families. 3 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years old who go in to minister in the tent of meeting.[a]
4 “This is the ministry of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting: tending to the most holy things.
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- Numbers 4:3 This was the period during which the Levites served God in the temple of King David (see 1 Chr 23:3). The length of the period varies in different passages (see Num 8:24-25; Ezr 3:8). The institution certainly evolved.
