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Numbers 4:23

in Numbers 4

from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

KJV

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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This verse in Numbers 4

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
enter in to perform the service - literally, as in the margin, “to war the warfare,” or, as the same phrase in part is rendered, Num 4:3, “enter into the host to do the work.” The language is military. The service of God is a sacred warfare (Num 8:24-25 marginal reading).

This site's exposition

And the LORD said to Moses

on Numbers 4:21-28

Gershon's charge is the fabric of the tent: curtains, coverings, entrance curtains, courtyard curtains and ropes. Verse 27 puts every load under Aaron and his sons, “you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry”.

This site's exposition

counting everyone who comes to serve

Gershon's count uses the same window as Kohath's. The army of Numbers 1:3 was counted from twenty years old, and this service starts ten years later. Matthew Henry comments that a man may make a good soldier much sooner than a good minister.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, shalt thou number them,.... Take an account how many there are of that age, and so fit for service (a); See Gill on Num 4:3, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation; as the rest of the Levites; see Num 4:3; (a) לצבא צבא "ad militandum militiam", Montanus, Drusius.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • מִבֶּן֩from a son of

    mibenH1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • שָׁנָ֜הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • וָמַ֗עְלָהand up -wards

    vama'lahH4605 →140 times

  • עַ֛דto

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • בֶּן־a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםfifty

    chamishimH2572 →163 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • תִּפְקֹ֣דyou will enroll

    tifkodH6485 →303 times

  • אוֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַבָּא֙<the> [one who] goes

    haba'H935 →2568 times

  • לִצְבֹ֣אto serve

    litzvo'H6633 →14 times

  • צָבָ֔אservice

    tzava'H6635 →485 times

  • לַעֲבֹ֥דto serve

    laavodH5647 →288 times

  • עֲבֹדָ֖הservice

    ʾavodahH5656 →145 times

  • בְּאֹ֥הֶלin [the] tent of

    beohelH168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 4:3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.5 worksNumbers 4:30from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.3 worksNumbers 4:35everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.3 worksNumbers 8:24“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.3 worksNumbers 8:25But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.3 works2 Corinthians 10:3–5For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Timothy 2:3–4Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.2 worksEphesians 6:10–19Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.2 worksIsaiah 63:1–4Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”2 works1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?2 works1 Chronicles 23:27For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,2 works1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,2 worksGalatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.2 works1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.2 works2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.2 works1 Chronicles 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.2 worksRomans 7:14–24We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.2 works2 Corinthians 6:7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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 4:3

    men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    it leads to

    • Luke 3:23

      Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

    • 2 Kings 11:4–12

      Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them…

    • Ephesians 6:10–18

      Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    • Numbers 8:24–26

      “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    • 1 Chronicles 23:3–5

      The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 4 →

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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