This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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Passages linked to Numbers 4:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:5-6 There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord. There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Under the charge and oversight.
Under the charge and oversight.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Under his conduct and direction. Thus the hand of…
Under his conduct and direction. Thus the hand of Hege, Est 2:3, is his care and custody.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And this is the charge of their burden,.... What…
And this is the charge of their burden,.... What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and carry:
according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; which was assigned to them as their part, and which was very heavy and cumbersome, and therefore they had wagons allowed them, Num 7:8,
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the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof; all these belonged to the holy and to the most holy place; see Exo 26:15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Under the hand - Under his conduct and direction.
Under the hand - Under his conduct and direction.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Gershonites and Merarites are superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s…
The Gershonites and Merarites are superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its construction Exo 38:21. Thus, readily do the permanent offices of the leaders of the Israelite community spring out of the duties which, under the emergencies of the first year of the Exodus, they had been led, from time to time, to undertake.
Num 4:32
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By name ye shall reckon the instruments - Or, assign them to their bearers singly, and “by name.” These “instruments” comprised the heavier parts of the tabernacle; and the order seems intended to prevent individual Merarites choosing their own burden, and so throwing more than the proper share on others.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar…
their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron, &c.--The Levites were generally subject to the official command of the priests in doing the ordinary work of the tabernacle. But during the journeyings Eleazar, who was next in succession to his father, took the special charge of the Kohathites [Num 4:16], while his brother Ithamar had the superintendence of the Gershonites and Merarites [Num 4:33].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. Ithamar superintends both the Gershonites and the Merarites…
28. Ithamar superintends both the Gershonites and the Merarites (Num_4:33).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) Under the hand of Ithamar.—It appears from Exo_38:21…
(28) Under the hand of Ithamar.—It appears from Exo_38:21 that Ithamar had been actively concerned in the construction of the Tabernacle. As the special duties of Eleazar, the eldest son of Aaron, had been already assigned (Num_4:16), so also are those of Ithamar, the younger son. These duties consisted in the superintendence of the Gershonites, as stated in this verse, and in the superintendence of the Merarites, as stated in Num_4:33.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Under the hand of Ithamar, as also were the…
Under the hand of Ithamar, as also were the Merarites. He had been already engaged in overseeing the construction of the tabernacle. (Exo_38:21)
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