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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Numbers 4:1
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
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Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron:
The Lord told Moses and Aaron:
Complete Jewish Bible
(vii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,
(vii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron,
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron,
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron,
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron saying:
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "Number the Kohathite line of Levites by clan and family. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age, all who enter the ministry to work in the Tent of Meeting.
God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "Number the Kohathite line of Levites by clan and family. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age, all who enter the ministry to work in the Tent of Meeting.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Contextual Overview
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath, from among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, by the house of their fathers. 3 From thirty yeeres old and vpward, euen vntil fifty yeres old, all that enter into the hoste, to doe the worke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 4 This shall bee the seruice of the sonnes of Kohath, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, about the most Holy things. 5 And when the Campe setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sonnes, and they shall take downe the couering Uaile, and couer the Arke of Testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the couering of badgers skinnes, & shall spread ouer it a cloth wholly of blew, and shall put in the staues thereof. 7 And vpon the table of Shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blew, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoones, and the bowles, and couers to couer withall: and the continual bread shalbe thereon. 8 And they shall spread vpon them a clothe of scarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put in the staues thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blew, and couer the candlesticke of the light, and his lampes, and his tongs, and his snuffe dishes, and all the oyle vessels thereof, wherewith they minister vnto it. 10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put it vpon a barre.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Genesis 46:11 - Levi Exodus 31:6 - that they Numbers 1:47 - General Numbers 4:49 - as the Lord Numbers 7:66 - On the tenth day Numbers 8:1 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying; This same shall comfort vs, concerning our woorke and toyle of our hands, because of the ground, which the LORD hath cursed.
And he called his name Noah, saying; This same shall comfort vs, concerning our woorke and toyle of our hands, because of the ground, which the LORD hath cursed.
Numbers 31:17
Now therefore kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with him.
Now therefore kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with him.
1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe hee him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers righteous.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe hee him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers righteous.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them a second time, and take out from them such as were fit for service:
saying; as follows.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IV
Moses is commanded to take the sum of the sons of Kohath from
thirty years old and upward, 1-4.
The service which they had to perform, 5-15.
The office of Eleazar, 16.
The family of Kohath to be continued among the Levites, 17-19.
They are not to go into the holy of holies, 20.
The sum of the sons of Gershon, 21-23.
The service they had to perform, 24-27.
They are to be under Ithamar, 28.
The sum of the sons of Merari, 29, 30.
The service they had to perform, 31-33.
The sum of all the families of Kohath, 2,750, ver. 34-37.
The sum of the families of Gershon, 2,630, ver. 38-41.
The sum of the families of Merari, 3,200, ver. 42-45.
The sum total of the families of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,
8,580, ver. 46-49.
NOTES ON CHAP. IV
