“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
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“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
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Passages linked to Numbers 4:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 4:15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;
- Numbers 4:27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
- Numbers 4:31-32 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name.
- Numbers 4:47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:49 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain At the appointment of Aaron and his sons,.... As…
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons,.... As they shall order and direct:
shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites; everyone of them was to take their share, as Aaron and his sons should appoint them:
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in all their burdens, and in all their service; what each of them should carry, and in what they should perform duty:
and ye shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens; charge them carefully to keep all that were committed to them to bear, that none be lost, not a pin nor a cord.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain This is the service of the families of the…
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, &c.--They were appointed to carry "the curtains of the tabernacle"--that is, the goats' hair covering of the tent--the ten curious curtains and embroidered hangings at the entrance, with their red morocco covering, &c.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 This is the work of the clans ... when…
This is the work of the clans ... when they serve and what they carry
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Gershonites
This refers to the descendants of Gershon. See how you translated this in Numbers 3:21.
the covering of sea cow skin that is on it
This is an outer covering that is placed on top of the tent of meeting's covering. AT: "the covering of sea cow skin that is placed on top of that" or "the outer covering made of sea cow skin" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Whatever should be done with these things
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Whatever work that these things require" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
curtain
tabernacle
tent of meeting
sea cow
court
gate
altar
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