Numbers 4:4

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

Numbers 4:4 in Other Translations

4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

4 “The duties of the Kohathites at the Tabernacle will relate to the most sacred objects.

4 "This is the assigned work of the Kohathites in the Tent of Meeting: care of the most holy things.

4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:

4 "This is the work the Kohathites will do in the tent of meeting: They will take care of the most holy things.

4 "The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

4 "Here is the work the men of Kohath must do at the Tent of Meeting. They must take care of the things that are very holy.

Numbers 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:4

This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath, in the
tabernacle of the congregation
What follows, ( Numbers 4:4-15 ) ;

[about] the most holy things;
which Aben Ezra interprets only of the ark, which was indeed a most holy thing, and stood in the most holy place; but there were other holy things, in the care of which the service of the Kohathites lay; as the shewbread table, the candlestick, and the altars of incense and burnt offering, and the vail, and the ministering: vessels, which Jarchi reckons with it, as more holy than all other things.

Numbers 4:4 In-Context

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.

6 Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather, spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 3:28
• 2. Numbers 7:9
• 3. ver 19