Numbers 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 4:2

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

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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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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נָשֹׂ֗א	na.So'	lift up	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רֹאשׁ֙	roSh	[the] head of	H7218 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
קְהָ֔ת	ke.Hat	Kohath	H6955 →
מִתּ֖וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
לֵוִ֑י	le.Vi	Levi	H3878 →
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם	le.mish.pe.cho.Tam	to clans their	H4940 →
לְבֵ֥ית	le.Veit	to [the] house of	H1004 →
אֲבֹתָֽם׃	'a.vo.Tam	ancestors their	H1 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 3:27
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
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.
Through
Numbers 3:19
The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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;

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