Numbers 4:1

The Kohathites

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 4:1 in Other Translations

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:1

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.

Numbers 4:1 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 “Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.

3 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.

4 “This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.

5 When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.