Numbers 3:35
in Numbers 3The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.
KJV
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites
on Numbers 3:33-35
Merari's two families number six thousand two hundred, the smallest of the three houses, and they pitch on the north under Zuriel the son of Abihail. With Gershon on the west, Kohath on the south and Merari on the north, the Levites form an inner ring around the tent inside the outer ring of four standards in chapter 2. The east is left unnamed in this list and verse 38 says who fills it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari,....
(4.) Of their charge, when the camp moved. Each class knew their own business; it was requisite they should, for that which is every body's work often proves nobody's work.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּנְשִׂ֤יא | unesi' | and [the] leader of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| בֵֽית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָב֙ | ʾav | a father | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת | lemishpechot | of [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| מְרָרִ֔י | merari | [the] Merarite[s] | H4848 → | 4 times |
| צוּרִיאֵ֖ל | tzuriel | [was] Zuriel | H6700 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲבִיחָ֑יִל | ʾavichayil | Abihail | H32 → | |
| עַ֣ל | ʾal | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יֶ֧רֶךְ | yerekh | [the] side of | H3409 → | 34 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| יַחֲנ֖וּ | yachanu | they will encamp | H2583 → | 143 times |
| צָפֹֽנָה׃ | tzafonah | north -ward | H6828 → | 153 times |
וּנְשִׂ֤יאand [the] leader of
unesi'H5387 →134 times
בֵֽית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
אָב֙a father
ʾavH1 →1212 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תof [the] clans of
lemishpechotH4940 →303 times
מְרָרִ֔י[the] Merarite[s]
merariH4848 →4 times
צוּרִיאֵ֖ל[was] Zuriel
tzurielH6700 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲבִיחָ֑יִלAbihail
ʾavichayilH32 →
עַ֣לat
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
יֶ֧רֶךְ[the] side of
yerekhH3409 →34 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
יַחֲנ֖וּthey will encamp
yachanuH2583 →143 times
צָפֹֽנָה׃north -ward
tzafonahH6828 →153 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Numbers 1:53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
it leads to
- Numbers 16:46
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
- Leviticus 10:6
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…
- Numbers 3:7–8
They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 31:47
From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded…
- Numbers 16:46
Through
Numbers 2:25On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 1:12
from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
- Numbers 7:71
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 10:25
Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
- Numbers 1:12
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
