Verse 28
Numbers 4:28
Bible in Basic English
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This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זֹ֣את עֲבֹדַ֗ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הַ/גֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וּ/מִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔/ם בְּ/יַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַ/כֹּהֵֽן
English Translation
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting, and their charge shall be at the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of...
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All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.
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When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curta...
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And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.
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And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoo...
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And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in...
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And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instru...
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All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.
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On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to pu...
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All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with...
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And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;
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Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins;...
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And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the te...
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And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sw...
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And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;
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But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy thin...
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But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
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All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.
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They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leathe...
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And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway,...
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From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to...
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This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the...
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The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
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Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods...
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And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the...
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This is the work which the sons of Merari are to do in connection with the Tent of meeting, under th...
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So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohath...
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Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeti...
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And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.
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This is the number of those of the Kohathites who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were...
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And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,
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All those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting,
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Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred...
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This is the number of the sons of Gershon who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numb...
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And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses...
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All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting,
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Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.
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This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.
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And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families,...
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Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its...
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Came to eight thousand, five hundred and eighty.
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At the order of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, every one in relation to his work and to his p...
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