Numbers 4:23

23 Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who have a job to do in the Meeting Tent.

Numbers 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:23

From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old,
shalt thou number them
Take an account how many there are of that age, and so fit for service F1; (See Gill on Numbers 4:3);

to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation;
as the rest of the Levites; see ( Numbers 4:3 ) ;


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (abu abul) "ad militandum militiam", Montanus, Drusius.

Numbers 4:23 In-Context

21 The Lord said to Moses,
22 "Count the Gershonites by families and family groups.
23 Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who have a job to do in the Meeting Tent.
24 "This is what the Gershonite family groups must do and what they must carry.
25 They must carry the curtains of the Holy Tent, the Meeting Tent, its covering, and its outer covering made from fine leather. They must also carry the curtains for the entrance to the Meeting Tent,
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