Numbers 4:24
This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
In Context
23All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
Cross References
Numbers 3:26And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.
Numbers 4:19But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;
Numbers 4:31And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;
Numbers 4:49At the order of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, every one in relation to his work and to his part in the transport; so they were numbered by Moses at the order of the Lord.
Numbers 10:17Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:22-34
21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering,… Read the whole commentary →