Numbers 4:28
in Numbers 4This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
KJV
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Gershonites and Merarites are superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its construction Exo 38:21. Thus, readily do the permanent offices of the leaders of the Israelite community spring out of the duties which, under the emergencies of the first year of the Exodus, they had been led, from time to time, to undertake.
This site's exposition
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying
on Numbers 4:21-28
Gershon is the eldest of Levi's three sons and his families are numbered second, and their charge is the fabric of the tent, the curtains, the coverings, the hanging at the door, the hangings of the court and the cords. Verse 24 calls it to serve, and for burdens, and verse 26 closes so shall they serve, so one word covers the standing work and the carrying work alike. Every load is assigned by Aaron and his sons, and verse 27 says ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens, so each man received his piece from the priests. Gershon answers to Ithamar, the younger son of Aaron, who had already kept the account of the tabernacle's materials at Exodus 38:21.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, &c.--They were appointed to carry "the curtains of the tabernacle"--that is, the goats' hair covering of the tent--the ten curious curtains and embroidered hangings at the entrance, with their red morocco covering, &c.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But during the journeyings Eleazar, who was next in succession to his father, took the special charge of the Kohathites [Nu 4:16], while his brother Ithamar had the superintendence of the Gershonites and Merarites [Nu 4:33].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֣את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עֲבֹדַ֗ת | ʾavodat | [is] [the] service of | H5656 → | 145 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת | mishpechot | [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י | hagereshuni | the Gershonite[s] | H1649 → | 13 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ם | umishmartam | and duty their | H4931 → | 78 times |
| בְּיַד֙ | beyad | [is] in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אִֽיתָמָ֔ר | ʾitamar | Ithamar | H385 → | 21 times |
| בֶּֽן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ פ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
זֹ֣אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
עֲבֹדַ֗ת[is] [the] service of
ʾavodatH5656 →145 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת[the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖יthe Gershonite[s]
hagereshuniH1649 →13 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔םand duty their
umishmartamH4931 →78 times
בְּיַד֙[is] in [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אִֽיתָמָ֔רIthamar
ʾitamarH385 →21 times
בֶּֽן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ פthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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 4:33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:6
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
- Joshua 3:6
And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
- Isaiah 3:6
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessIthamarAaron's fourth son, ordained priest in Leviticus 8; overseer of the tabernacle's accounts and the Gershonite and Merarite service.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).