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New King James Version

Numbers 4:22

"Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
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 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 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.

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 you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
Numbers 31:22
"Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Deuteronomy 8:9
a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
Deuteronomy 33:25
Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be.
2 Chronicles 2:7
Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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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