MUNICIPAL INVT TR FD MULTISTATE SERIES 47 DEFINED ASSET FDS, 485BPOS, EX-99.C1ACCTCONST, 2000-12-13

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485BPOS, EX-99.C1ACCTCONST, 2000-12-13

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                                                                     Exhibit 5.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Sponsors and Trustee of
Municipal Investment Trust Fund--Multistate Series--47 (Maryland, Ohio Insured
and Pennsylvania Insured Trusts), Defined Asset Funds:

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration
Statement No. 33-50067 of our opinion dated December 1, 2000 appearing in the
Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference
to us under the heading "How The Fund Works--Auditors" in such Prospectus.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, N.Y.
December 13, 2000