Numbers 4:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִבֶּן֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים שָׁנָ֜ה וָמַ֗עְלָה עַ֛ד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה תִּפְקֹ֣ד אוֹתָ֑ם כָּל־הַבָּא֙ לִצְבֹ֣א צָבָ֔א לַעֲבֹ֥ד עֲבֹדָ֖ה בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

From ben thirty šānâ and wāmaʿlâ until ben fifty šānâ tifqōd them, all who habbāʾ to liṣbōʾ ṣābāʾ, to laʿăbōd ʿăbōdâ in ʾōhel môʿēd.

Grammar Details

*ben*: noun, masculine singular, construct state - son of/aged
*šānâ*: noun, feminine singular - year
*wāmaʿlâ*: waw-conjunctive + adverb - and upward
*tifqōd*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall number/register
*habbāʾ*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one entering/coming
*liṣbōʾ*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to serve/join
*ṣābāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - host/army/service
*laʿăbōd*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to serve/work
*ʿăbōdâ*: noun, feminine singular - service/work/labor
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular, construct state - tent of
*môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time

Word Meanings

*wāmaʿlâ*: and upward/and above
*tifqōd*: number/count/register/enroll/muster
*habbāʾ*: the one who comes/enters/joins
*liṣbōʾ*: to serve/to join/to perform service in
*ṣābāʾ*: army/host/service/warfare
*laʿăbōd*: to serve/to work/to perform
*ʿăbōdâ*: service/work/labor/ministry
*ʾōhel*: tent/tabernacle
*môʿēd*: meeting/appointed time/assembly

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Referenced Verses

Num 4:3 : 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 Chr 23:3 : 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
1 Chr 23:24 : 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
1 Chr 23:27 : 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
Isa 63:1-4 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Rom 7:14-24 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me(that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
2 Cor 6:7 : 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:24 : 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Eph 6:10-19 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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