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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Numbers 4:1
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to 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:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto 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.
Contextual Overview
1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,2 "Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, 3 from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4 "This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. 5 "When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; 6 and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles. 7 "Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it. 8 "They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles. 9 "Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it; 10 and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars.
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 enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
Genesis 4:25
Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, "God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him."
Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, "God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him."
Genesis 5:29
Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed."
Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed."
Numbers 31:17
"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were 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
