22 "Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses and by their clans.
22 "Number the Gershonites by tribes according to their ancestral families.
22 "Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, by their families.
22 "Record the names of the members of the clans and families of the Gershonite division of the tribe of Levi.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 4:22
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.