These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites. The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv22, 24, 25 Only numbering the male children.
Only numbering the male children.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv25–26 The tabernacle; not the boards, which belonged to Merari,…
The tabernacle; not the boards, which belonged to Merari, Num 3:36, but the ten curtains mentioned Exo 26:1.
The tent, to wit, the curtains of goats’ hair.
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The covering thereof, i.e. the coverings of rams’ skins and badgers’ skins. See Num 4:25.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv18–26 And these are the names of the sons of…
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,.... Or to Gershon belonged two families, called after the names of his sons, who were now numbered, namely:
Libni and Shimei; and who are elsewhere mentioned as his sons, Exo 6:17; and from hence were the families of the Libnites and Shimites, as in Num 3:21.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv25–26 The tabernacle - Not the boards, which belonged to…
The tabernacle - Not the boards, which belonged to Merari, ver. 36, but the ten curtains. The tent - The curtains of goats hair. The coverings - That is, the coverings of rams-skins and badgers- skins.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v22 Verse 22. Seven thousand and five hundred] Perhaps originally…
Verse 22. Seven thousand and five hundred] Perhaps originally resh, 200, instead of caph, 500; see the following note.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v25 Num 3:25-26. The tabernacle — Not the boards, which…
Num 3:25-26. The tabernacle — Not the boards, which belonged to Merari, (Num 3:36,) but the ten curtains. The tent — The curtains of goats’ hair. The coverings — That is, the coverings of rams’ skins and badgers’ skins. The cords — By which the tabernacle was fastened to the pins, and stretched out, Exo 35:18.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v26 the cords ... the service thereof - i. e.…
the cords ... the service thereof - i. e. of the tabernacle, not of the hangings of the court, for these, with their cords and other fittings, belonged to the charge of the Merarites Num 3:36-37. The tabernacle was under the care of the Gershonites.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv22, 24, 26 Five hundred, expressed by the letter c, has, according…
Five hundred, expressed by the letter c, has, according to Kennicott been put for 200, which the Hebrews denote by a similar letter, r. See 2 Kings xxiii. 8, and 1 Paralipomenon xi. 11, for other mistakes. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv22, 25, 26 22. Numbered… according to the number — Mustered, or…
22. Numbered… according to the number — Mustered, or inspected, according to the number. The words differ in the Hebrew.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv21, 23, 25, 26 21–39. The Levitical families and their duties.
21–39. The Levitical families and their duties.
Notice that narrative in Num_3:21 f., 27 f., 33 f., 39 alternates with commands in Num_3:23-26; Num_3:29-32; Num_3:35-38. It is one of the many indications that the priestly portions of the book were the composite work of more than one writer.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv23, 25, 26 (23) Behind the tabernacle westward.—As the position of the…
(23) Behind the tabernacle westward.—As the position of the twelve tribes in respect of the tent of meeting had been already determined, so in this and the following verses the position of the priests and Levites is fixed. On the east side of the tent Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons were to encamp, on the south the Kohathites, on the west the Gershonites, on the north the Merarites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv23, 25 Shall pitch. These directions as to the position and…
Shall pitch. These directions as to the position and duties of the Levitical families retain the form in which they were originally given. The way in which they are mixed up with direct narrative affords a striking proof of the inartificial character of these sacred writings. Behind the tabernacle westward. The tabernacle opened or looked eastward towards the sunrise.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v21 The Charges of the Various Divisions among the Levites
The Charges of the Various Divisions among the Levites
v. 21. of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
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v. 22. Those that were numbered of them, mustered or entered into the rolls of service, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, for at that age the first-born boy babies were liable for the service of the Lord, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
v. 23. The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle westward, inside the armies led by the tribe of Ephraim.
v. 24. And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
v. 25. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall be the tabernacle, the inner curtains of variegated cloth, and the tent, the outer covering or curtain of goat-hair, the covering thereof, that of rams’ skins and that of the leather of sea-cows, and the hanging for the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, the entrance to the Holy Place,
v. 26. and the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the Tabernacle, the white byssus curtains as well as the beautiful entrance curtain of variegated material, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof, the various guy-ropes for the Tabernacle, but not for the court,
v. 37. The Gershonites had to tend to all the drapery and the curtains but the screen of the Most Holy Place.
v. 27. And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
v. 28. In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the Sanctuary, taking their share in the ministry of the Holy Place.
v. 29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the Tabernacle southward, inside the armies led by the tribe of Reuben.
v. 30. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
v. 31. And their charge, for which they would be held responsible, shall be the ark, and the table, that of showbread, and the candlestick, and the altars, both the golden altar of the Holy Place and the altar of burnt offering in the court, and the vessels of the Sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, the screen of the Most Holy Place, and all the service thereof, everything that was connected with the actual carrying of these appointments from one station to the next.
v. 32. And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the Sanctuary; he was the superintendent of the work as here described.
v. 33. of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
v. 34. And those that were numbered of them, mustered as in the other cases, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
v. 35. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail; these shall pitch on the side of the Tabernacle northward, inside the armies under the leadership of the tribe of Dan.
v. 36. And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the Tabernacle, the great planks which formed its walls, and the bars thereof, the cross-bars which held the planks upright, and the pillars thereof, at the entrance to the Tabernacle and to the Most Holy Place, and the sockets thereof, the bases of the planks and of the pillars, and all the vessels thereof, the pins and the tools, and all that serveth thereto,
v. 37. and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, the bronze bases which held the pillars upright, and their pins, and their cords, the guy-ropes which held them in place. Theirs was the last work when camp was struck and the first when a new station was reached. The work was thus divided in a manner which practically excluded all friction and made for the greatest efficiency. In this respect we Christians of the New Testament may learn a lesson from the children of Israel.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv21, 24 come from Gershon
come from Gershon
Here the author speaks of "descending" as if it were "coming." AT: "descend from Gershon" (See: Metaphor)
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Libnites ... Shimeites ... Gershonites
"Libnites" and "Shimeites" are the name of clans, named after the head of their family. The "Gershonites" is the name of people who descended from Gershon. (See: How to Translate Names)
All the males from a month old and older were counted
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Moses counted all the males from a month old and older" (See: Active or Passive)
7,500
"seventy-five hundred" or "seven thousand five hundred" (See: Numbers)
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tabernacle
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