In this chapter we have an account,

1. Of the priests, ver. 1-4.

2. The work of the Levites, taken instead of the first-born, ver. 5- 13.

3. Of the number, place and charge of each family; the Gershonites, ver. 14-26. The Kohathites, ver. 27-32. The Merarites, ver. 33-39.

4. Of the first-born, ver. 40-51.