Numbers 4:2

What does Numbers 4:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 4:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Take the sum of the sons of Caath from the midst of the Levites, by their houses and families.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

Context

v.1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

v.2This passage

v.3from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 3:19

    And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Numbers 3:27

    And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

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