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Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 4:1

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Numbers, Book of;   Sea Cow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ko'hath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron:
Complete Jewish Bible
(vii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron,
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:
Revised Standard Version
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, 2 `Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers; 3 from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting. 4 `This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies: 5 that Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the vail of the hanging, and have covered with it the ark of the testimony; 6 and have put on it a covering of badger skin, and have spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its staves. 7 `And on the table of the presence they spread a garment of blue, and have put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the libation, and the bread of continuity is on it, 8 and they have spread over them a garment of scarlet, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves, 9 and have taken a garment of blue, and have covered the candlestick of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels wherewith they minister to it; 10 and they have put it and all its vessels unto a covering of badger skin, and have put [it] on the bar.

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 enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'
Genesis 4:25
And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.
Genesis 5:29
and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'
Numbers 31:17
`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
1 John 3:12
not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother 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


 
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