Numbers 3:31
in Numbers 3Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
KJV
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe hanging - Which covered the most holy place, for all other hangings belonged to the Gershonites. The service - That is, all the other furniture belonging to it.
This site's exposition
And their charge shall be the ark
on Numbers 3:31-32
The ark, the table, the candlestick, the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary go to Kohath, the heaviest honour with the smallest allowance of transport. Numbers 7:9 gives this house no wagons at all, because these things travel on men's shoulders, and 2 Samuel 6:3-7 is where that rule is set aside and a man dies for it. Eleazar is set over the chiefs of the Levites, which puts one priest above the whole arrangement and marks the line the high priesthood passes into at Numbers 20:26.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And their charge shall be the ark,....
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗ם | umishmartam | and duty their | H4931 → | 78 times |
| הָאָרֹ֤ן | haaron | [was] the ark | H727 → | 202 times |
| וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ | vehashulchan | and the table | H7979 → | |
| וְהַמְּנֹרָ֣ה | vehamenorah | and the lampstand | H4501 → | 42 times |
| וְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔ת | vehamizbechot | and the altars | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וּכְלֵ֣י | ukhelei | and [the] equipment<s> of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְשָׁרְת֖וּ | yesharetu | they will serve | H8334 → | 97 times |
| בָּהֶ֑ם | bahem | by <the> them | ||
| וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְ | vehamasakh | and the screen | H4539 → | 25 times |
| וְכֹ֖ל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ | avodato | service its | H5656 → | 145 times |
וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗םand duty their
umishmartamH4931 →78 times
הָאָרֹ֤ן[was] the ark
haaronH727 →202 times
וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙and the table
vehashulchanH7979 →
וְהַמְּנֹרָ֣הand the lampstand
vehamenorahH4501 →42 times
וְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔תand the altars
vehamizbechotH4196 →401 times
וּכְלֵ֣יand [the] equipment<s> of
ukheleiH3627 →325 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְשָׁרְת֖וּthey will serve
yesharetuH8334 →97 times
בָּהֶ֑םby <the> them
bahem
וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְand the screen
vehamasakhH4539 →25 times
וְכֹ֖לand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃service its
avodatoH5656 →145 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 37:1Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
it leads to
- Exodus 25:10–20
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Numbers 10:33–36
So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a…
- Exodus 26:33
And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 31:7
the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—
- Exodus 40:3
Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 25:10–20
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.