Numbers 4:22
20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,
- KJV
- Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
- WEB
- “Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
- ASV
- Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers` houses, by their families;
- DARBY
- Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.
- BLB
- “Take a census of the sons of Gershon, even them, by the house of their fathers, by their clans.
- ÅB
- Ta også opp manntall over Gersons barn etter deres familier og slekter!
- OTB
- "Foreta en folketelling av Gersonittene også, etter deres familier og deres fedres hus.
- B1930
- Ta også op manntall over Gersons barn efter deres familier og ætter!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 3:24
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Read in contextNumbers 3:21
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Read in contextNumbers 3:18
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Read in context