Numbers 4:23
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
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:
25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
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
- from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
- ASV
- from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
- DARBY
- From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.
- BLB
- From a son of thirty years and above, even to a son of fifty years you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
- ÅB
- Fra trettiårsalderen og oppover inntil femtiårsalderen skal du mønstre dem, alle som skal trede inn i tjenesten og utføre arbeid ved sammenkomstens telt.
- OTB
- Tell alle menn fra tretti til femti år gamle som er kvalifisert til å utføre tjeneste i arbeidet ved sammenkomstens telt.
- B1930
- Fra trettiårsalderen og opover inntil femtiårsalderen skal du mønstre dem, alle som skal trede inn i tjenesten og utføre arbeid ved sammenkomstens telt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 4:3
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Read in contextGalatians 5:24
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Read in contextEphesians 6:10–19
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Read in contextGalatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:7
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:27
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
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