Numbers 4:30
in Numbers 4from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
KJV
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseFrom thirty years old and upward,.... The Septuagint version here, and in Num 4:3, renders it, from twenty five years old and upward, agreeable to Num 8:24, at the which age the Levites went into the tabernacle, to wait and to learn their business, but they did not enter upon it till thirty: even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them; at which age they were discharged from business: everyone that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation; See Gill on Num 4:3.
This site's exposition
As for the sons of Merari
on Numbers 4:29-33
Merari carries the frame of the tent: the frames, crossbars, posts, bases, tent pegs and ropes. It is the heaviest load, with bases of a hundred talents of silver at Exodus 38:27.
This site's exposition
from thirty to fifty years old
John Gill reports that the Septuagint reads twenty-five here and at verse 3, bringing this chapter into line with Numbers 8:24. The Hebrew keeps thirty in all three counts. Gill holds that men of twenty-five came to learn and took up the work at thirty.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was a useful lesson, showing that God disregards nothing pertaining to His service, and that even in the least and most trivial matters, He requires the duty of faithful obedience.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִבֶּן֩ | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| שָׁנָ֜ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וָמַ֗עְלָה | vama'lah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| וְעַ֛ד | vead | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תִּפְקְדֵ֑ם | tifkedem | you will enroll them | H6485 → | 303 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבָּא֙ | haba' | <the> [one who] comes | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לַצָּבָ֔א | latzava' | for the service | H6635 → | 485 times |
| לַעֲבֹ֕ד | laavod | to serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲבֹדַ֖ת | ʾavodat | [the] service of | H5656 → | 145 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
מִבֶּן֩from a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֜הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וָמַ֗עְלָהand up -wards
vama'lahH4605 →140 times
וְעַ֛דand to
veadH5704 →1261 times
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
תִּפְקְדֵ֑םyou will enroll them
tifkedemH6485 →303 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַבָּא֙<the> [one who] comes
haba'H935 →2568 times
לַצָּבָ֔אfor the service
latzava'H6635 →485 times
לַעֲבֹ֕דto serve
laavodH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲבֹדַ֖ת[the] service of
ʾavodatH5656 →145 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 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
2 Timothy 2:4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
- Luke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does…
- 2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–26
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22–23
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
Through
Numbers 4:23from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Numbers 4:3
men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:3
Through
Numbers 4:3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Numbers 4:23
from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24–32
These 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.
- Numbers 4:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.