SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:49
Como lo mandó el SEÑOR por mano de Moisés fueron contados, cada uno según su oficio, y según su cargo; los cuales contó él, como le fue mandado.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 49. According to the commandment of the Lord, they were numbered by the hand of Moses , etc.] Aaron and the chief of the congregation of Israel assisting it: everyone according to his service ; called in ( Numbers 4:47) “the service of the ministry”, or “service of service”, which Jarchi interprets of that part of the service of the Levites, which lay in singing the song with cymbals and harps; which, he says, was a service to another service; though it seems to be better explained, by Chaskuni, of their taking down and setting up of the tabernacle, which was a service incumbent on all the Levites: and according to his burden : called “the service of the burden”, ( Numbers 4:47); which the last mentioned writer restrains to the ark, table, candlestick, and altars, which the Kohathites carried on their shoulders; but may be extended to what each of them bore and carried when journeying: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses ; from thirty years old to fifty, as Jarchi observes; for that was the order given to Moses by the Lord, which he punctually attended to, as a faithful servant in the house of God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 34-49 - God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give strength in proportio to the work, and grace sufficient. The least of the tribes had man more able men than the Levites: those who engage in the service of thi world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God. May ou souls be wholly devoted to his service __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
על 5921 פי 6310 יהוה 3068 פקד 6485 אותם 853 ביד 3027 משׁה 4872 אישׁ 376 אישׁ 376 על 5921 עבדתו 5656 ועל 5921 משׂאו 4853 ופקדיו 6485 אשׁר 834 צוה 6680 יהוה 3068 את 853 משׁה׃ 4872
