Números 4:2

2 «Registren los nombres de los miembros de la división coatita de la tribu de Leví por clanes y familias.

Números 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:2

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of
Levi
They were to begin with them first, and number them:

after their families, by the house of their fathers;
as many as were of the age after mentioned; and the reason why they began with Kohath, and not Gershon, the eldest son, as in the former numbering, was; not as Aben Ezra suggests, because of Moses and Aaron, who sprung from him, for that, if it had any strength in it, would have held good before; but rather, as Chaskuni and others, because the Kohathites carried the ark and other holy things; though the true reason seems to be, because of the order observed in taking down the tabernacle, and removing the parts of it, and the things in it; and it was most proper and reasonable, when they were about to take it down, first to take out the ark, table which was the business of the Kohathites to carry; next to take down the curtains, coverings, and hangings for the tabernacle and court, and the doors thereof, which were the charge of the Merarites; wherefore, in this order the sum out of each of them fit for business were ordered to be numbered.

Números 4:2 In-Context

1 Deberes del clan de los coatitas
Entonces el Señor
les dijo a Moisés y a Aarón:

2 «Registren los nombres de los miembros de la división coatita de la tribu de Leví por clanes y familias.

3 Anoten en una lista a todos los hombres de entre treinta y cincuenta años que cumplan los requisitos necesarios para servir en el tabernáculo.

4 »Las responsabilidades de los coatitas en el tabernáculo tendrán que ver con los objetos más sagrados.

5 Cuando el campamento sea trasladado, Aarón y sus hijos deben ser los primeros en entrar al tabernáculo para bajar la cortina interior y con ella cubrir el arca del pacto.