Numbers 4:1

Amplified Bible

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron:

Complete Jewish Bible
(vii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron,

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "Number the Kohathite line of Levites by clan and family. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age, all who enter the ministry to work in the Tent of Meeting.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,²"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families (clans), by their fathers' households, ³from thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle). ⁴"This is the work and responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle): the most holy things. ⁵"When the camp prepares to move out, Aaron and his sons shall come into the sanctuary and take down the veil (curtain) screening off the Holy of Holies, and cover the ark of the testimony with it; ⁶and they shall put on it a covering of porpoise skin (fine leather), and shall spread over that a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert the carrying poles of the ark. ⁷"Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes [for incense], the sacrificial bowls, the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread [of the Presence] shall be on it. ⁸"They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover that with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its carrying poles. ⁹"Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps, its wick cutters, its trays, and all the oil vessels, by which it is supplied; ¹⁰and they shall put the lampstand and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:11 - Levi Exodus 31:6 - that they Numbers 1:47 - General Numbers 4:49 - as the Lord Numbers 7:66 - On the tenth day Numbers 8:1 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel."

Genesis 4:25
Adam knew [Eve as] his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for [she said], "God has granted another child for me in place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

Genesis 5:29
He named him Noah, saying, "This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD cursed."

Numbers 31:17
"Now therefore, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.

1 John 3:12
and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain's deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them a second time, and take out from them such as were fit for service:

saying; as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

Moses is commanded to take the sum of the sons of Kohath from

thirty years old and upward, 1-4.

The service which they had to perform, 5-15.

The office of Eleazar, 16.

The family of Kohath to be continued among the Levites, 17-19.

They are not to go into the holy of holies, 20.

The sum of the sons of Gershon, 21-23.

The service they had to perform, 24-27.

They are to be under Ithamar, 28.

The sum of the sons of Merari, 29, 30.

The service they had to perform, 31-33.

The sum of all the families of Kohath, 2,750, ver. 34-37.

The sum of the families of Gershon, 2,630, ver. 38-41.

The sum of the families of Merari, 3,200, ver. 42-45.

The sum total of the families of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,

8,580, ver. 46-49.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV