Numbers 4:30 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 4:30

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

From 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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִבֶּן֩	mi.Ben	from a son of	H1121 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים	she.lo.Shim	thirty	H7970 →
שָׁנָ֜ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וָמַ֗עְלָה	va.Ma'.lah	and up -wards	H4605 →
וְעַ֛ד	ve.'Ad	and to	H5704 →
בֶּן־	ben-	a son of	H1121 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים	cha.mi.Shim	fifty	H2572 →
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
תִּפְקְדֵ֑ם	tif.ke.Dem	you will enroll them	H6485 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
הַבָּא֙	ha.Ba'	<the> [one who] comes	H935 →
לַצָּבָ֔א	la.tza.Va'	for the service	H6635 →
לַעֲבֹ֕ד	la.'a.Vod	to serve	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲבֹדַ֖ת	'a.vo.Dat	[the] service of	H5656 →
אֹ֥הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵֽד׃	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
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.
Through
Numbers 4:23
from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
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.
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.
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.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers