29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
29 "Count the Merarites by their clans and families.
29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall list them by their clans and their fathers' houses.
29 "Number the Merarites by their ancestral families.
29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers' house.
29 "Now record the names of the members of the clans and families of the Merarite division of the tribe of Levi.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 4:29
Commentary on Numbers 4:21-33
(Read Numbers 4:21-33)
We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2 Peter 1:14. All shall be raised up in the great day, when these vile bodies shall be made like the glorious body of Jesus Christ, and so shall be for ever with the Lord.