Numbers 4:2
in Numbers 4“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
KJV
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron
on Numbers 4:1-4
Kohath is counted before Gershon, the elder at 3:17, so the order follows the load. This count takes only the men “from thirty to fifty years old”. Albert Barnes notes that the Hebrew for their service is military language.
This site's exposition
Take a census of the Kohathites
This is a second count of the same tribe. John Gill places it after the Levites had been numbered from a month old and exchanged for Israel's firstborn in Numbers 3. The first count settled who belonged to God, and this one takes out the men fit to work.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,....
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָשֹׂ֗א | naso' | lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רֹאשׁ֙ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קְהָ֔ת | kehat | Kohath | H6955 → | 32 times |
| מִתּ֖וֹךְ | mitokh | from among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֵוִ֑י | levi | Levi | H3878 → | 59 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵ֥ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽם׃ | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
נָשֹׂ֗אlift up
naso'H5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רֹאשׁ֙[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
קְהָ֔תKohath
kehatH6955 →32 times
מִתּ֖וֹךְfrom among
mitokhH8432 →418 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
לֵוִ֑יLevi
leviH3878 →59 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵ֥יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָֽם׃ancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 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 3:27From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:23
From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
- Numbers 3:19
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 26:23
Through
Numbers 3:19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
it leads to
- Exodus 6:18
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12–13
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
- Exodus 6:20
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5
From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
- Exodus 6:18
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
