Numbers 3:27-32
Lexham English Bible
27 To Kohath belonged[a] the clan of Amramites,[b] the clan of the Izharites,[c] the clan of the Hebronites,[d] and the clan of the Uzzielites;[e] these were the clans of the Kohathites.[f] 28 According to the number of every male from one month[g] and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. 29 The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. 30 The leader of his family[h] according to the clans of the Kohathites[i] is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. 32 The chief of the leaders[j] of the Levites[k] was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.
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- Numbers 3:27 Literally “For Kohath was”
- Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Amramite”
- Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Izharite”
- Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Hebronite”
- Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Uzzielite”
- Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Kohathite”
- Numbers 3:28 Literally “the son of a month”
- Numbers 3:30 Literally “the house of his father”
- Numbers 3:30 Hebrew “Kohathite”
- Numbers 3:32 Literally “the leader of leaders”
- Numbers 3:32 Hebrew “Levite”
Numbers 3:27-32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.(A) 28 Counting all the males, from a month old and up, there were eight thousand six hundred performing the duties of the sanctuary. 29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,(B) 30 with Elizaphan son of Uzziel as head of the ancestral house of the clans of the Kohathites. 31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen—all the service pertaining to these. 32 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites and to have oversight of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.
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