This was the total of all those in the Kohathite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the Lord’s command through Moses.
These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the Lord established at Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.
To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans.
counted by clans, were 2,750.
The Gershonites were counted by their clans and families.
All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting
At the Lord’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the Lord commanded Moses.