Numbers 4:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 4:31

Duties of the Sons of Merari

29 “As for the sons of ^aMerari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house.

30 ^aFrom thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

31 And ^athis is ^bwhat they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: ^cthe boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

32 and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall ^aassign to each man by name the items he must carry.

33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the¹ authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

Census of the Levites

34 ^aAnd Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ house,

Verse Comparison: Numbers 4:31

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American Standard Version
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,

Amplified® Bible
And this is what they are assigned to carry {and} to guard [on the march], according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the boards {or} frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets {or} bases,

Contemporary English Version
The Merarites will be responsible for carrying the frames of the tent and its other pieces, including the bars, the posts, the stands,

Darby English Version
And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and bases thereof,

Good News Bible
They shall be responsible for carrying the frames, bars, posts, and bases of the Tent,

King James Version
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

New American Standard Bible
"Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its sockets,

New International Version
This is their duty as they perform service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,

New King James Version
And this is what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now this constitutes the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its sockets,

Revised Standard Version
And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

Young's Literal Translation
`And this `is' the charge of their burden, of all their service in the tent of meeting; the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,

New English Translation
This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames¹ of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,

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