Numberschapter 4
49 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law
Original Language
Numbers 4— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 4. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Weekly portion 34 of 54
בְּמִדְבַּר Bamidbar, Numbers 1:1 to 4:20
Read with it: Hosea 2:1 to 2:22.
Weekly portion 35 of 54
נָשֹׂא Nasso, Numbers 4:21 to 7:89
Read with it: Judges 13:2 to 13:25.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Kohath carries the holy things — and must not look1
Numbers 4:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Numbers 4:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Numbers 4:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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Gershon carries the curtains and coverings21
Numbers 4:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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Merari carries boards, bars, and sockets29
Numbers 4:29· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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Numbers 4:33· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The workmen counted, every man to his burden34
Numbers 4:34· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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Numbers 4:49· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
