Numbers 4:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

This 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 4:33 : 33 This 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.”
  • 1 Cor 12:5-6 : 5 And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

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  • Num 4:22-27
    6 verses
    86%

    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.

    24This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.

    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.

  • Num 4:33-34
    2 verses
    85%

    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,

  • Num 4:41-42
    2 verses
    81%

    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,

  • Num 4:37-39
    3 verses
    80%

    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–

  • Exod 38:21
    77%

    21The Materials of the Construction This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

  • Num 3:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    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 4:19
    74%

    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 4:4
    74%

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

  • Num 3:31
    74%

    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 7:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    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
    73%

    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 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 4:29
    73%

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

  • Num 26:57
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 23:28
    72%

    28Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the LORD’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.

  • Num 4:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    16“The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings.”

    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 8:22
    71%

    22After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

  • Num 8:26
    71%

    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.”

  • Num 18:6
    71%

    6I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the LORD, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting.

  • Num 4:31
    71%

    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,

  • Num 4:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    45These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses.

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

  • Num 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

    2“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    71%

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

  • Num 3:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27The Numbering of the Kohathites From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

    28Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

  • Num 4:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

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

  • Exod 28:1
    70%

    1The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

  • Exod 28:41
    70%

    41“You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Gen 46:11
    70%

    11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 8:11
    69%

    11and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.

  • Num 8:19
    69%

    19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary.”

  • Exod 28:4
    69%

    4Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.

  • 1 Chr 6:48
    69%

    48The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.