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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 4:22

'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gershon;   Levites;   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ithamar;   Levites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gershon, Gershonites;   Ithamar;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Badgers' Skins;   Gershon, Gershonites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ith'amar;   Le'vites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ithamar;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
King James Version
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Lexham English Bible
"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon also, according to their families and clans,
New Century Version
"Count the Gershonites by families and family groups.
New English Translation
"Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.
Amplified Bible
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families.
New American Standard Bible
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take also ye summe of the sonnes of Gershon, euery one by the houses of their fathers throughout their families:
Legacy Standard Bible
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families;
Contemporary English Version
Find out how many men between the ages of thirty and fifty are in the two Levite clans of Gershon. Count only those who are able to work at the sacred tent.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon also, by clans and families;
Darby Translation
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Count all the people of the Gershon family. List them by family and family group.
English Standard Version
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses and by their clans.
George Lamsa Translation
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families:
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral families and their clans.
Literal Translation
Lift the heads of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' house, by their families,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take the summe of the children of Gerson also, after their fathers house & kynred,
American Standard Version
Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
Bible in Basic English
Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take also the summe of the chyldren of Gerson, throughout the houses of their fathers, and throughout their kinredes.
King James Version (1611)
Take also the summe of the sonnes of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families.
English Revised Version
Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
Berean Standard Bible
"Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and their clans,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Take thou the summe also of the sones of Gerson, bi her housis, and meynees, and kynredis; noumbre thou
Young's Literal Translation
`Take up the sum of the sons of Gershon also by the house of their fathers, by their families;
Update Bible Version
Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
Webster's Bible Translation
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the house of their fathers, by their families;
World English Bible
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
New King James Version
"Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, by their families.
New Living Translation
"Record the names of the members of the clans and families of the Gershonite division of the tribe of Levi.
New Life Bible
"Number the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families.
New Revised Standard
Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral houses and by their clans;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
reckon up the sum of the sons of Gershon even of them also, - by their ancestral house by their families;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.
Revised Standard Version
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their families and their fathers' houses;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families;

Contextual Overview

21 And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying: 22 'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families; 23 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them: all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do service in the tent of meeting. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: 25 they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting; 26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever there may be to do with them, therein shall they serve. 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 ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. 28 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. 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses; 30 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:18, Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:24

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:41 - General

Cross-References

Exodus 25:3
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass;
Numbers 31:22
Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Deuteronomy 8:9
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Deuteronomy 33:25
Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon,.... As well as of the sons of Kohath; for though Gershon was Levi's eldest son, yet his posterity were not excused from the service of the tabernacle, and bearing things of it in journeying:

throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; all in their several houses, and in the several families in those houses, that were of the age next mentioned, were to be numbered.


 
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