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The Total Number of the Levites in Service
v. 34. 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.
v. 35. From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service for the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
v. 36. and those that were numbered of them by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
v. 37. These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, being both of the right age and physically and mentally fit, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
v. 38. And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families and by the house of their fathers,
v. 39. from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service for the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
v. 40. even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
v. 41. These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
v. 42. And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
v. 43. from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
v. 44. even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
v. 45. These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom. Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
v. 46. All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
v. 47. from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
v. 48. even those that were numbered of them, marshaled and enrolled for duty, for helping in the work of carrying the Tabernacle and its equipment from one station to the next, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore (8,580), a number which is in just about the right proportion to the total mustering of the Levites.
v. 49. According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, at his direction, every one according to his service and according to his burden, according to the things that were laid upon him at the mustering; thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. They were told exactly what their individual duty consisted in, and could go ahead in an almost automatic manner. Such a wise distribution of burdens is to be recommended to this day in the Church of Christ; it makes for better work in the Lord's vineyard.