Numbers 4:23

What does Numbers 4:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 4:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

from 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

from 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

from a son of thirty years and upward, till a son of fifty years thou dost number them, every one who is going in to serve the host, to do the service in the tent of meeting.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.

Context

v.22Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

v.23This passage

v.24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

Cross references

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

  • 2 Timothy 2:3

    Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:27

    For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

  • Numbers 4:3

    from 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.

  • 1 Timothy 1:18

    This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

  • Ephesians 6:10

    Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:3

    And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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