Numbers 3:35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers 3:35 in other translations
| BSB | The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. |
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| WEB | The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle. |
| ASV | And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. |
| YLT | And the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward. |
| DARBY | And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward. |
| BBE | The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House. |
| Webster | And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. |
What does Numbers 3:35 mean?
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…
Numbers 3:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 3:35
- Numbers 1:53
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
- Numbers 2:25
The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 3:28-29
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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Context
- Numbers 3:34
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
- Numbers 3:35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
- Numbers 3:36
And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
Numbers 3:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el jefe de la casa del padre de las familias de Merari, Suriel hijo de Abihail: acamparán al lado del tabernáculo, al aquilón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le prince de la maison de père des familles de Merari était Tsuriel, fils d’Abikhaïl. Ils campèrent du côté du tabernacle, vers le nord. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Fürst des Vaterhauses der Familien Meraris war Zuriel, der Sohn Abichails. Sie lagerten an der Seite der Wohnung gegen Norden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Princeps eorum Suriel filius Abihaiel: in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur. |