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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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New American Standard Bible

Numbers 4:17

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kohath, Kohathites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Badgers' Skins;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Burden;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Triennial Cycle;  

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:
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Kohathites must not go near or even look at the sacred objects until Aaron and his sons have covered those objects. If they do, their entire clan will be wiped out. So make sure that Aaron and his sons go into the tent with them and tell them what to carry.
Complete Jewish Bible
(Maftir) 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,
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then 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 and Aaron, & sayde:
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, and seide,
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
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Revised Standard
Then 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, "Don't let the tribal families of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites. Protect them so they will live and not die when they come near the most holy things. To protect them, Aaron and his sons are to precede them into the Sanctuary and assign each man his task and what he is to carry. But the Kohathites themselves must not go in to look at the holy things, not even a glance at them, or they will die."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 "Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, 3 from thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, everyone who can enter the service of ministry to do work in the tent of meeting. 4 "This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. 5 "When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the testimony with it; 6 and they shall place a covering of fine leather on it, and spread over it a cloth of pure violet, and insert its carrying poles. 7 "Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of violet and put on it the dishes, the pans, the sacrificial bowls, and the jugs for the drink offering; and the continual bread shall be on it. 8 "And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles. 9 "Then they shall take a violet cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil containers, by which they attend to it; 10 and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on the carrying bars.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel, on his part also brought an offering, from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering;
Genesis 4:11
"Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 5:18
Now Jared lived 162 years, and fathered Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he fathered Methuselah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let's make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial stone, which is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to continue my name." So he named the memorial stone after his own name, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day.
Psalms 49:11
Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names.
Daniel 4:30
"The king began speaking and was saying, 'Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... And gave them a very solemn and awful charge about this affair of the Kohathites, it being a very hazardous one they were employed in:

saying; as follows.


 
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