Numbers 4:2

Numbers 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
• New International Version (NIV)“Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers' houses,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house,

Context of Numbers 4:2

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, “Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ households, 3from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

Numbers 4:2 word by word

נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ בְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֔ת מִתּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: countH5375
• a censusרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: countH7218
• descendantsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Kohathקְהָתqehâth · KohathH6955
• from amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of Leviלֵוִיlêvîy · LeviH3878
• by their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• by their fathers’אָב'âb · fatherH1
• householdsבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Numbers 4:2

• Numbers 3:19and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

Commentaries on Numbers 4:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-49This section continues the discussion from 3:21–37 about the duties of the three Levite clans. The Levites carried and cared for the Tent of Meeting while traveling and camping. Other tribes always surrounded them to protect them and their valuable cargo (2:17). They placed the holy items of God in the center of the tribes. The priests and their Levitical assistants kept these items holy by separating them. God, in his holiness, deserves to have the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-492-3. sons of Kohath, from thirty years old and upward--This age was specifically fixed (see on Nu 8:24) as the full maturity of bodily energy to perform the laborious duties assigned them in the wilderness, as well as of mental activity to assist in the management of the sacred services. And it was the period of life at which John the Baptist and Christ entered on their respective ministries. even unto fifty--The term prescribed for active duty was a…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 4:2

• Levites

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Commentaries on Numbers 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings