Numbers 4:21

The Gershonites

21 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 4:21 in Other Translations

21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

21 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

21 And the LORD said to Moses,

21 God spoke to Moses:

21 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

21 The LORD said to Moses,

21 The Lord spoke to Moses:

21 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:21

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Though Aaron is not mentioned here, he was concerned in taking the sum of the Gershonites, as well as of the Kohathites, as appears from ( Numbers 4:41 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 4:21 In-Context

19 So that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry.

20 But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”

21 The LORD said to Moses,

22 “Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.

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