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Numbers 4:21-33

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21 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses and by their clans.
23 1From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can 2come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.
24 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:
25 3they shall carry 4the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with 5its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting
26 and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that 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 clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be 6under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall list them by their clans and their fathers' houses.
30 7From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
31 And 8this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,
32 and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall 9list by name the objects that they are required to carry.
33 This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, 10under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
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Numbers 4:21-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 4

This chapter relates an order to number the Levites fit for business, and gives an account of the time and age when they should enter into service, and how long they should continue therein, Nu 4:1-3; what their particular service should be; and first of the Kohathites, Nu 4:4-20; next of the Gershonites, Nu 4:21-28; and then of the Merarites, Nu 4:29-33; after which Moses and Aaron, with the chief of the congregation, numbered each of them, even as many as were at the age fit for service, as the Kohathites, Nu 4:34-37; the Gershonites, Nu 4:38-41; the Merarites, Nu 4:42-45; the sum total of which is given, Nu 4:46-49.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

  • 1. ver. 3
  • 2. Numbers 8:24; [Exodus 38:8; 1 Samuel 2:22]
  • 3. [Numbers 3:25, 26]
  • 4. See Exodus 26:1-6; Exodus 36:8-13
  • 5. Exodus 36:14, 19
  • 6. ver. 33
  • 7. [See ver. 23 above]
  • 8. Numbers 3:36, 37
  • 9. Exodus 38:21
  • 10. ver. 28
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