Numbers 4:24

24 “This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:

Numbers 4:24 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
English Standard Version (ESV)
24 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:
New Living Translation (NLT)
24 “These Gershonite clans will be responsible for general service and carrying loads.
The Message Bible (MSG)
24 "The Gershonites by family and clan will serve by carrying heavy loads:
American Standard Version (ASV)
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
24 "This is what the Gershonite families will do and what they will carry:
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
24 This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
24 "Here is how the Gershon families must serve. They must carry things.

Numbers 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:24

This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonites, to
serve, and for burdens.
] The former of these phrases Aben Ezra interprets of setting up the tabernacle, making the bread (the shewbread), slaying (the sacrifices), and keeping, that is, watching and guarding, the tabernacle; and the latter of what they did when journeying, bearing and carrying the things assigned to them, afterwards mentioned.

Numbers 4:24 In-Context

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.
24 “This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:
25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, that is, the tent of meeting, its covering and its outer covering of durable leather, the curtains for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
26 the curtains of the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and all the equipment used in the service of the tent. The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things.
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