Numbers 4:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 4:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 4:2 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 4:2 — KJV
“Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,”
— Numbers 4:2 (KJV)
Numbers 4:2 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 4:2
“And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers the people: Heb. the sons of the people”
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“Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;”
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“Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;”
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“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,”
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“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.”
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