Numbers 4:24

This, shall be the labour of the families of the Gershonites,—in labouring and in bearing:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

In Context

23from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shalt thou number them,—All that may enter to take rank in the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting.

25they shall bear the curtains of the habitation and the tent of meeting, the covering thereof and the covering of badgers’ skin which is over above it,—and the screen, at the entrance of the tent of meeting;

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Cross References

Numbers 3:26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the court which was near the habitation and near the altar, round about,—and the cords thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof.

Numbers 4:19This, therefore, do ye for them, so shall they live and not die when they approach the most holy place,—Aaron and his sons shall enter and set them man by man over his labour, and unto his burden;

Numbers 4:31And, this, shall be their charge of the burdens, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting, the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and he pillars thereof and the sockets thereof:

Numbers 4:49At the bidding of Yahweh, were they put in charge by the mediation of Moses, man by man, over his labour and over his burden,—yea, they who were put in charge by him, were they, whom Yahweh commanded Moses.

Numbers 10:17Then was taken down the habitation,—and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the habitation.

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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