Numbers 4:23

23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:23 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
23 From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.
NLT
23 List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.
MSG
23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who enter the ministry of work in the Tent of Meeting.
CSB
23 Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:23

From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old,
shalt thou number them
Take an account how many there are of that age, and so fit for service F1; (See Gill on Numbers 4:3);

to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation;
as the rest of the Levites; see ( Numbers 4:3 ) ;


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (abu abul) "ad militandum militiam", Montanus, Drusius.

Numbers 4:23 In-Context

21 The LORD said to Moses,
22 “Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.
23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
24 “This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:
25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, that is, the tent of meeting, its covering and its outer covering of durable leather, the curtains for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

Cross References 1

  • 1. S ver 3; 1Ch 23:3,24,27
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