Numbers 4:3

What does Numbers 4:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 4:3 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 even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

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, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

From thirty years old and upward, to fifty years old, of all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

Context

v.2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

v.3This passage

v.4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

Cross references

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

  • 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;

  • 1 Timothy 3:6

    not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

  • Numbers 8:24

    This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:

  • Luke 3:23

    And Jesus himself, when he beganto teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

  • 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.

  • 1 Timothy 3:1

    Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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