Numbers 4:41
in Numbers 4These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
KJV
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe.
This site's exposition
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation
on Numbers 4:34-41
Kohath yields 2,750 men of working age and Gershon 2,630. Against the 8,600 and 7,500 counted in chapter 3, about a third of each family falls inside the window from thirty to fifty.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These are they that were numbered of the families,.... See Gill on Num 4:34;
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| פְקוּדֵ֗י | fekudei | [were] [the] enrolled [men] of | H6485 → | 303 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ | mishpechot | [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גֵרְשׁ֔וֹן | gereshon | Gershon | H1648 → | 18 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעֹבֵ֖ד | haoved | <the> [one who] serves | H5647 → | 288 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּקַ֥ד | pakad | he enrolled | H6485 → | 303 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן | veaharon | and Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
פְקוּדֵ֗י[were] [the] enrolled [men] of
fekudeiH6485 →303 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙[the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
גֵרְשׁ֔וֹןGershon
gereshonH1648 →18 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעֹבֵ֖ד<the> [one who] serves
haovedH5647 →288 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּקַ֥דhe enrolled
pakadH6485 →303 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְאַהֲרֹ֖ןand Aaron
veaharonH175 →347 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֥י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.