Numbers 3 · Verse 24

Numbers 3:24

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Numbers 3:24, King James Version

Numbers 3:24 in other translations

BSBand the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
WEBEliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
ASVAnd the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
YLTAnd the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.
DARBYAnd the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
BBEThe chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
WebsterAnd the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

What does Numbers 3:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14-31

14-31. Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Nu…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's…

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Numbers 3:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּנְשִׂ֥יאu.ne.Si'and [the] leader ofH5387
בֵֽית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
אָ֖ב'ava fatherH1
לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑יla.ge.re.shu.Niof the Gershonite[s]H1649
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף'el.ya.Saf[was] EliasaphH460
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
לָאֵֽל\׃la.'ElLaelH3815

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Numbers 3:23

    The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

  • Numbers 3:24

    And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

  • Numbers 3:25

    And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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Numbers 3:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el jefe de la casa del padre de los Gersonitas, Eliasaph hijo de Lael.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le prince de la maison de père des Guershonites était Éliasaph, fils de Laël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Fürst des Vaterhauses der Gersoniter war Eljasaph, der Sohn Laels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sub principe Eliasaph filio Laël.