Numbers 3:25
in Numbers 3The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
KJV
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting
on Numbers 3:25-26
Gershon carries the cloth. The curtains, the tent, the covering, the door hanging, the hangings of the court and their cords are the soft parts of the structure, and Numbers 7:7 gives this house two wagons to move them. Everything in their charge folds or rolls, which is why the load is measured in wagons rather than in men.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The tabernacle - Not the boards, which belonged to Merari, ver. 36, but the ten curtains. The tent - The curtains of goats hair. The coverings - That is, the coverings of rams-skins and badgers- skins.
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And the charge of the sons of Gershom,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת | umishmeret | and [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גֵרְשׁוֹן֙ | gereshon | Gershon | H1648 → | 18 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֔ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן | hamishkan | [was] the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| וְהָאֹ֑הֶל | vehaohel | and the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| מִכְסֵ֕הוּ | mikhsehu | covering its | H4372 → | 16 times |
| וּמָסַ֕ךְ | umasakh | and [the] screen of | H4539 → | 25 times |
| פֶּ֖תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
וּמִשְׁמֶ֤רֶתand [the] duty of
umishmeretH4931 →78 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
גֵרְשׁוֹן֙Gershon
gereshonH1648 →18 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֔דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן[was] the tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
וְהָאֹ֑הֶלand the tent
vehaohelH168 →345 times
מִכְסֵ֕הוּcovering its
mikhsehuH4372 →16 times
וּמָסַ֕ךְand [the] screen of
umasakhH4539 →25 times
פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 25:9You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
it leads to
- Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
- Acts 7:44
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
- Hebrews 9:9
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–19
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:40
Through
Numbers 7:7He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
it leads to
- Numbers 4:24–28
This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:
- Numbers 3:25–26
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:24–28
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.