Numbers 4:28 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 4:28

This 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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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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

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
זֹ֣את	zot	this	H2063 →
עֲבֹדַ֗ת	'a.vo.Dat	[is] [the] service of	H5656 →
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת	mish.pe.Chot	[the] clans of	H4940 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י	ha.ge.re.shu.Ni	the Gershonite[s]	H1649 →
בְּאֹ֣הֶל	be.'O.hel	in [the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֑ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ם	u.Mish.mar.Tam	and duty their	H4931 →
בְּיַד֙	be.Yad	[is] in [the] hand of	H3027 →
אִֽיתָמָ֔ר	'i.ta.Mar	Ithamar	H385 →
בֶּֽן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אַהֲרֹ֖ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ פ	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →

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Numbers 4:33
This 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.”
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- 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.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers