Numbers 4:26 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 4:26

the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.

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ASV

and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall they serve.

KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2829: “Lowly Service” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1903)

THIS is the gist of the whole matter—"This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: and they shall bear . . . so shall they serve." The Gershonites were part of the tribe of Levi which God selected, instead of the first-born of all Israel, to serve Him in a very special manner. They were to act as the representatives and substitutes for all the first-born, who were set apart, as the Lord's in a very peculiar sense.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵת֩	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
קַלְעֵ֨י	kal.'Ei	[the] curtains of	H7050 →
הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר	he.cha.Tzer	the courtyard	H2691 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מָסַ֣ךְ׀	ma.Sakh	[the] screen of	H4539 →
פֶּ֣תַח׀	Pe.tach	[the] entrance of	H6607 →
שַׁ֣עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
הֶחָצֵ֗ר	he.cha.Tzer	the courtyard	H2691 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] at	H5921 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֤ן	ha.mish.Kan	the tabernacle	H4908 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and at	H5921 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
סָבִ֔יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מֵֽיתְרֵיהֶ֔ם	meit.rei.Hem	ropes their	H4340 →
וְאֶֽת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
כְּלֵ֖י	ke.Lei	[the] articles of	H3627 →
עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם	'a.vo.da.Tam	service their	H5656 →
וְאֵ֨ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יֵעָשֶׂ֛ה	ye.'a.Seh	it will be done	H6213 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
וְעָבָֽדוּ׃	ve.'a.Va.du	and they will serve	H5647 →

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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
Exodus 27:9
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
leads to
- Exodus 38:9–20
  Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- Ezekiel 40:23
  There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:3
  Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
- Ezekiel 42:19–20
  And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
- 1 Kings 8:64
  On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of…
Through
Exodus 35:18
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
leads to
- Exodus 27:19
  All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

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