Numbers 4:34-49
Lexham English Bible
34 And Moses and Aaron mustered the leaders of the community according to the house of their families,[a] 35 from those thirty years old[b] and above until fifty years old;[c] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 36 the ones counted[d] were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites,[e] everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[f] according to the command[g] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[h]
38 And the descendants[i] of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to their families,[j] 39 from those thirty years old[k] and above until fifty years old,[l] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; 40 the ones counted,[m] according to their clans, according to their families,[n] were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[o] of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[p] according to the command[q] of Yahweh.
42 Those counted of the clans of the descendants[r] of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,[s] 43 from those thirty years old[t] and above until fifty years old,[u] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 44 the ones counted,[v] according to their clans, were three thousand two hundred. 45 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[w] of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered[x] according to the command[y] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[z]
46 All those counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel mustered[aa] according to their clans, according to their families,[ab] 47 from those thirty years old[ac] and above until fifty years old,[ad] everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, 48 the ones counted[ae] were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 According to the command[af] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses[ag] they were mustered,[ah] each man according to his service and according to their[ai] service and according to their[aj] burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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- Numbers 4:34 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of thirty years”
- Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of fifty years”
- Numbers 4:36 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
- Numbers 4:37 Hebrew “Kohathite”
- Numbers 4:37 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
- Numbers 4:37 Literally “the mouth”
- Numbers 4:37 Or “through Moses”
- Numbers 4:38 Or “sons”
- Numbers 4:38 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of thirty years”
- Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of fifty years”
- Numbers 4:40 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
- Numbers 4:40 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 4:41 Or “sons”
- Numbers 4:41 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
- Numbers 4:41 Literally “the mouth”
- Numbers 4:42 Or “sons”
- Numbers 4:42 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 4:43 Literally “thirty years and above”
- Numbers 4:43 Literally “a son of fifty years”
- Numbers 4:44 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
- Numbers 4:45 Or “sons”
- Numbers 4:45 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
- Numbers 4:45 Literally “the mouth”
- Numbers 4:45 Or “through Moses”
- Numbers 4:46 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
- Numbers 4:46 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of thirty years”
- Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of fifty years”
- Numbers 4:48 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
- Numbers 4:49 Literally “the mouth”
- Numbers 4:49 Or “through Moses”
- Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “he mustered”
- Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”
- Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”
Numbers 4:34-49
New English Translation
Summary
34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans, 35 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting; 36 and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750. 37 These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.
38 Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans, 39 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting— 40 those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630. 41 These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.
42 Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans, 43 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting— 44 those of them numbered by their families were 3,200. 45 These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.
46 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans, 47 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying[a] relating to the tent of meeting— 48 those of them numbered were 8,580. 49 According to the word of the Lord they were numbered,[b] by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry.[c] Thus were they numbered by him,[d] as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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- Numbers 4:47 tn The text multiplies the vocabulary of service here in the summary. In the Hebrew text the line reads literally: “everyone who came to serve the service of serving, and the service of burden.” The Levites came into service in the shrine, and that involved working in the sanctuary as well as carrying it from one place to the next.
- Numbers 4:49 tn The verb is the simple perfect tense—“he numbered them.” There is no expressed subject; therefore, the verb can be rendered as a passive.
- Numbers 4:49 tn Or “his burden.”
- Numbers 4:49 tn The passive form simply reads “those numbered by him.” Because of the cryptic nature of the word, some suggest reading a preterite, “and they were numbered.” This is supported by the Greek, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate. It would follow in the emendation that the relative pronoun be changed to “just as” (כַּאֲשֶׁר, kaʾasher). The MT is impossible the way it stands; it can only be rendered into smooth English by adding something that is missing.
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