Numbers 4:24

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This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 4:15 : 15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.
  • Num 4:19 : 19 but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility.
  • Num 4:27 : 27 “All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.
  • Num 4:31-32 : 31 This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, 32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.
  • Num 4:47 : 47 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting–
  • Num 4:49 : 49 According to the word of the LORD they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  • Num 4:25-43
    19 verses
    83%

    25They must carry the curtains for the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is over it, the curtains for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

    26the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve.

    27“All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.

    28This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    29The Service of the Merarites“As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

    30You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.

    31This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,

    32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.

    33This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

    34Summary So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

    35from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;

    36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.

    37These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses.

    38Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans,

    39from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting–

    40those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.

    41These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD.

    42Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

    43from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting–

  • Num 3:23-25
    3 verses
    79%

    23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.

    24Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

    25And the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

  • Num 4:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    22“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

    23You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.

  • Num 4:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2“Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

    3from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work in the tent of meeting.

    4This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things.

  • Num 8:24
    73%

    24“This is what pertains to the Levites: At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting,

  • Num 4:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

    47from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting–

  • Num 4:19
    73%

    19but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility.

  • Num 3:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    8And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.

  • Num 3:31
    72%

    31Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service.

  • Num 10:17
    72%

    17Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

  • Num 7:7
    72%

    7He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

  • Num 7:9
    71%

    9But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    71%

    32They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD’s temple.

  • Num 4:15
    71%

    15“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

  • Num 8:26
    70%

    26They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties.”

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    70%

    24These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD’s temple and were twenty years old and up.

  • Num 26:57
    70%

    57And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Num 7:5
    70%

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 1:50
    70%

    50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it.

  • 2 Chr 34:13
    70%

    13supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

  • Num 3:21
    70%

    21The Numbering of the Gershonites From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

  • Num 4:12
    69%

    12Then they must take all the utensils of the service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying beam.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    69%

    1Levi’s Descendants(5:27) The sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.