“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
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“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
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Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
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'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
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Passages linked to Numbers 4:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 3:18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
- Numbers 3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
- Numbers 3:24 Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain This is the service of the families of the…
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.
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.
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num 4:25And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle,.... The ten curtains of fine linen, Exo 26:1,
and the tabernacle of the congregation; the curtains of goats' hair made for a tent over it, as Jarchi, see Exo 26:7,
his covering the covering of rams skins dyed red, Exo 26:14,
and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it; over all the rest:
and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; the eastern vail, as Jarchi calls it, which was for the door of the tent that led into the tabernacle, the holy place, Exo 26:36.
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