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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 3:24

And the chiefe of the house of the father of the Gershonites, shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Eliasaph;   Gershon;   Levites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Governor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eliasaph;   Lael;   Lemuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eliasaph;   Gershon;   Lael;   Levites;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eliasaph;   Job;   Lael;   Moses;   Name, Names;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliasaph ;   First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Gershon, Gershonites ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Lael ;   Levites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'asaph;   La'el;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliasaph;   Lael;   Moses;   Prince;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chief;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershoni shall be Elyasaf the son of La'el.
King James Version
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Lexham English Bible
and the leader of the family of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.
New Century Version
The leader of the families of Gershon was Eliasaph son of Lael.
New English Translation
Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Amplified Bible
and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
New American Standard Bible
and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites: Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Contemporary English Version
under the leadership of Eliasaph son of Lael.
Complete Jewish Bible
The chief of the Gershon clan was Elyasaf, the son of La'el.
Darby Translation
And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Easy-to-Read Version
The leader of the family groups of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
English Standard Version
with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.
George Lamsa Translation
And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Eliab.
Good News Translation
with Eliasaph son of Lael as chief of the clan.
Christian Standard Bible®
and the leader of the Gershonite families was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Literal Translation
The ruler of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let Eliasaph the sonne of Lael be their ruler.
American Standard Version
And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Bible in Basic English
The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites, shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites being Eliasaph the son of Lael,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson was Elisaph the son of Dael.
English Revised Version
And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Berean Standard Bible
and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
vndur the prince Eliasaph, the sone of Jahel.
Young's Literal Translation
And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.
Update Bible Version
And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael.
World English Bible
The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
New King James Version
And the leader of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
New Living Translation
The leader of the Gershonite clans was Eliasaph son of Lael.
New Life Bible
The leader of the fathers' houses of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
New Revised Standard
with Eliasaph son of Lael as head of the ancestral house of the Gershonites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites, was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Revised Standard Version
with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Contextual Overview

14 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Leui, after the house of their fathers, by their families: euery male from a moneth old and vpward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sonnes of Leui, by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon, by their families: Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sonnes of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20 And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Leuites, according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon was the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbred of them, according to the number of all the males, from a moneth old and vpward, euen those that were numbred of them, were seuen thousand and fiue hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lael: i.e. unto, by, because of God, [Strong's H3815]. Numbers 3:24

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:22 - General Numbers 4:44 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said vnto the serpent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voyce of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the coole of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselues from the presence of the LORD God, amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called vnto Adam, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorowe and thy conception. In sorow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and hee shall rule ouer thee.
Genesis 3:17
And vnto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commaunded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 3:18
Thornes also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate the herbe of the field.
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of vs, to know good & euill. And now lest hee put foorth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eate and liue for euer:
Exodus 25:2
Speake vnto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of euery man that giueth it willingly with his heart, ye shall take my offering.
Numbers 22:23
And the Asse sawe the Angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawen in his hand: and the asse turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way.
Joshua 5:13
And it came to passe when Ioshua was by Iericho, that he lift vp his eyes, and looked, and beholde, there stood a man ouer against him, with his sword dawen in his hand: and Ioshua went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou for vs, or for our aduersaries?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites,.... Who had the chief authority over them, and the chief direction of them in what they were to do:

[shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael; but who he was, or of which family of the Gershonites, whether of the Libnites or Shimites, is not said here or elsewhere; nor do the Jewish writers, who affect to know every thing, pretend to tell us.


 
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