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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 4:4

This shall bee the seruice of the sonnes of Kohath, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, about the most Holy things.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Ark;   Candlestick;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kohath;   Levites;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kohath, Kohathites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Tabernacle;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Holy of Holies;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
This is the service of the sons of Kehat in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
King James Version
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
Lexham English Bible
This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary:
New Century Version
"The Kohathites are responsible for the most holy things in the Meeting Tent.
New English Translation
This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things.
Amplified Bible
"This is the work and responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle): the most holy things.
New American Standard Bible
"This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.
Geneva Bible (1587)
This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregat?on about the Holiest of all.
Legacy Standard Bible
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.
Contemporary English Version
The Kohathites will be responsible for carrying the sacred objects used in worship at the sacred tent.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Here is how the descendants of K'hat are to serve in the tent of meeting and deal with the especially holy things:
Darby Translation
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their job is to take care of the most holy things in the Meeting Tent.
English Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.
George Lamsa Translation
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation concerning the most holy things;
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.
Literal Translation
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the Holy of Holies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This shal be the office of the children of Rahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse, which is most holy.
American Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
Bible in Basic English
And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This shalbe the office of the chyldren of Caath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.
English Revised Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
Berean Standard Bible
This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the religioun of the sones of Caath; Aaron and his sones schulen entren in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, and in to the hooli of hooli thingis,
Young's Literal Translation
`This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:
Update Bible Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:
Webster's Bible Translation
This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things.
World English Bible
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
New King James Version
"This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:
New Living Translation
"The duties of the Kohathites at the Tabernacle will relate to the most sacred objects.
New Life Bible
This is the work of the sons of Kohath in the meeting tent to do with the most holy things.
New Revised Standard
The service of the Kohathites relating to the tent of meeting concerns the most holy things.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting, - the most holy things,
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the service of the sons of Caath:
Revised Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.
THE MESSAGE
"This is the assigned work of the Kohathites in the Tent of Meeting: care of the most holy things.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

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

Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:30, Numbers 3:30, Numbers 3:31, Mark 13:34

Reciprocal: Exodus 39:32 - all the Numbers 7:9 - unto the Numbers 10:21 - the Kohathites 1 Samuel 6:19 - he smote 1 Chronicles 13:2 - the priests Ezra 8:28 - the vessels

Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the East of Eden.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceiued and bare Enoch, and hee builded a City, and called the name of the City, after the name of his sonne, Enoch.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech tooke vnto him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.
Genesis 15:17
And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.
Exodus 13:12
That thou shalt set apart vnto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and euery firstling that commeth of a beast, which thou hast, the males shall be the Lords.
Leviticus 9:24
And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offering, and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense.
Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oyle, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer vnto the Lord, them haue I giuen thee.
Numbers 18:17
But the firstling of a cowe, or the firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeeme, they are holy: thou shalt sprinckle their blood vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet sauour vnto the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath, in the tabernacle of the congregation,.... What follows, Numbers 4:4;

[about] the most holy things; which Aben Ezra interprets only of the ark, which was indeed a most holy thing, and stood in the most holy place; but there were other holy things, in the care of which the service of the Kohathites lay; as the shewbread table, the candlestick, and the altars of incense and burnt offering, and the vail, and the ministering: vessels, which Jarchi reckons with it, as more holy than all other things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

About the most holy things - Omit “about.” The sense is, “this is the charge of the sons of Kohath, the most holy things:” i. e. the ark of the covenant, the table of showbread, the candlestick, and the golden altar, together with the furniture pertaining thereto. It appears, from a comparison of Numbers 4:16, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, that the ministry of the Kohathites was superintended by Eleazar, the older of the two surviving sons of Aaron; and that of the two other families by Ithamar.


 
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