Lux Domini
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through Numbers 4:29-33.

Glossary

Merari Person
Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither ( Gen. 46:11 ; Ex. 6:16 ).