Numbers 4:21

Revised Standard Version

The LORD said to Moses,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,

New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses:

Complete Jewish Bible
but the descendants of K'hat are not to go in and look at the holy things as they are being covered; if they do, they will die." Haftarah B'midbar: Hoshea (Hosea) 2:1(1:10)–2:22(20) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'midbar: Luke 2:1–7; 1 Corinthians 12:12–31 Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

New Living Translation
And the Lord said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Number the Gershonites by tribes according to their ancestral families. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who enter the ministry of work in the Tent of Meeting.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

²¹ The LORD said to Moses, ²² "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their families and their fathers' houses; ²³ from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who can enter for service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. ²⁴ This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens: ²⁵ they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting with its covering, and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; and they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them. ²⁷ All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry, and in all that they have to do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their work is to be under the oversight of Ith'amar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "As for the sons of Merar'i, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses; ³⁰ from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that can enter the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.

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Reciprocal: Numbers 4:49 - as the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

Job 21:12
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.

Amos 6:5
who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David invent for themselves instruments of music;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Though Aaron is not mentioned here, he was concerned in taking the sum of the Gershonites, as well as of the Kohathites, as appears from Numbers 4:41;

saying; as follows.