Numbers 4:23

Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. They will be men who will also work at the Sacred Tent.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22“Write down the names of all the men who belong to the clans descended from the Gershon division of the descendants of Levi.

24“This is the work that they must do and the things that they must carry when you move to a new location:

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Cross References

Numbers 4:3Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. These will be men who will work at the Sacred Tent.

1 Chronicles 23:3He commanded some of his officials to count the descendants of Levi who were at least thirty years old, and they found out that there were 38,000 of them.

1 Chronicles 23:27Obeying the final instructions of David before he died, instructions for doing this work at the temple, they counted only the descendants of Levi who were at least 20 years old.

Romans 7:14We know that the laws that God gave Moses came from God’s Spirit. But as for me, I am influenced by my self-directed nature. It is as though I have been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin [MET].

2 Corinthians 6:7We faithfully teach the true message about Christ, and God gives us his power as we teach it. Like soldiers using weapons [MET] in a battle, we, by living righteously, defend God’s message and refute those who attack it.

Galatians 5:17Your self-directed nature ◄opposes God’s Spirit/does not want you to do what God’s Spirit wants you to do►, but also his Spirit opposes your self-directed nature. These two are always ◄fighting with/opposing► each other. The result is that you do not constantly do the good deeds that you truly desire to do.

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 →

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