Numbers 4:46
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:46 stands within the record of the Levites' appointed service in connection with the tabernacle. They were granted the distinct honor of setting up the tabernacle, guarding it, and carrying it with its sacred furnishings whenever Israel journeyed. This charge was entrusted to them because of their faithfulness. Yet notwithstanding that honor, they became ambitious to obtain higher authority for themselves.