Numbers 4:21

New King James Version

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

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

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

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,

New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses:

Complete Jewish Bible
but the descendants of K'hat are not to go in and look at the holy things as they are being covered; if they do, they will die." Haftarah B'midbar: Hoshea (Hosea) 2:1(1:10)–2:22(20) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'midbar: Luke 2:1–7; 1 Corinthians 12:12–31 Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,

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

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

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

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses,

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

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

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New Living Translation
And the Lord said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

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

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses,

THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Number the Gershonites by tribes according to their ancestral families. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who enter the ministry of work in the Tent of Meeting.

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

Contextual Overview

²¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ²² "Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, by their families. ²³ From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. ²⁴ This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: ²⁵ They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, ²⁶ the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve. ²⁷ "Aaron and his sons shall assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority [fn] of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers' house. ³⁰ 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.

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Reciprocal: Numbers 4:49 - as the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."

Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?

Job 21:12
They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

Isaiah 5:12
The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation of His hands.

Amos 6:5
Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Though Aaron is not mentioned here, he was concerned in taking the sum of the Gershonites, as well as of the Kohathites, as appears from Numbers 4:41;

saying; as follows.