Numbers 4:22

What does Numbers 4:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 4:22 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 Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Take up the sum of the sons of Gershon also by the house of their fathers, by their families;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.

Context

v.21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

v.22This passage

v.23from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait 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 3:18

    And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

  • Numbers 3:21

    Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

  • Numbers 3:24

    And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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