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New American Standard Bible

Numbers 4:30

from thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, you shall count them, everyone who can enter the service to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Merari;   Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ithamar;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Merarites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Ithamar;   Levites;   Merari;   Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Merarites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ithamar;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershon, Gershonites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   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;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Merari;   Service;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ithamar;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
King James Version
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Lexham English Bible
from those thirty years old and above until fifty years old; you will muster them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly.
New Century Version
Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who work at the Meeting Tent.
New English Translation
You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.
Amplified Bible
from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).
Geneva Bible (1587)
From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Legacy Standard Bible
from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the duty of performing the service of the tent of meeting.
Complete Jewish Bible
of all those between thirty and fifty years old, all who will be in the corps doing the work of serving in the tent of meeting.
Darby Translation
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
Easy-to-Read Version
Count all the men who are from 30 to 50 years old and come to serve. These men will do a special work for the Meeting Tent.
English Standard Version
From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
George Lamsa Translation
From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall number them, every able man, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
Register men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who is qualified to do the work of the tent of meeting.
Literal Translation
from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years you shall number them, everyone who is going into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
from thirtie yeare and aboue, vnto fiftie yeare, all that are mete for the warre, yt they maye haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse.
American Standard Version
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 in Basic English
Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
From thirtie yeres olde and aboue, vnto fiftie yeres shalt thou number them, euery one that enter into the assemblie, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
From thirty yeeres old and vpward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old shalt thou number them, euery one that entreth in to the seruice, to doe the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
fro thretti yeer and aboue `til to fifti yeer, alle that entren to the office of her seruice, and to the ournyng of the boond of pees of witnessyng.
Young's Literal Translation
from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years thou dost number them, every one who is going in to the host, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
Update Bible Version
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that enters on the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
Webster's Bible Translation
From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
World English Bible
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
New King James Version
From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
New Living Translation
List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.
New Life Bible
Number those who are thirty years old and older, to fifty years old, everyone who goes in to do the work of the meeting tent.
New Revised Standard
from thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall enroll them, everyone who qualifies to do the work of the tent of meeting.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shall ye number them, - all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting,
Douay-Rheims Bible
From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the service of the covenant of the testimony.
Revised Standard Version
from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that can enter the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Contextual Overview

21 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families; 23 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them: all who can enter to perform service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 24 "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying: 25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 and the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes and all the equipment for their service; and everything that is to be done by them, they shall perform. 27 "All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, that is, all their loads and all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. 28 "This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers' households; 30 from thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, you shall count them, everyone who can enter the service to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

service: Heb. warfare, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:23, Psalms 110:1-7, 1 Timothy 6:11, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 2:4, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:4 - General Numbers 4:35 - General Numbers 4:47 - From thirty 1 Chronicles 23:3 - the Levites

Gill's Notes on the Bible

From thirty years old and upward,.... The Septuagint version here, and in Numbers 4:3, renders it, from twenty five years old and upward, agreeable to Numbers 8:24, at the which age the Levites went into the tabernacle, to wait and to learn their business, but they did not enter upon it till thirty;

even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them; at which age they were discharged from business:

everyone that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation; Numbers 8:24- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Gershonites and Merarites are superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its construction Exodus 38:21. Thus, readily do the permanent offices of the leaders of the Israelite community spring out of the duties which, under the emergencies of the first year of the Exodus, they had been led, from time to time, to undertake.

Numbers 4:32

By name ye shall reckon the instruments - Or, assign them to their bearers singly, and “by name.” These “instruments” comprised the heavier parts of the tabernacle; and the order seems intended to prevent individual Merarites choosing their own burden, and so throwing more than the proper share on others.


 
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