Numbers 3 · Verse 37

Numbers 3:37

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
Numbers 3:37, King James Version

Numbers 3:37 in other translations

BSBas well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
WEBthe pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
ASVand the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
YLTand the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
DARBYand the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords.
BBEAnd the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.
WebsterAnd the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

What does Numbers 3:37 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…

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Numbers 3:37 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַמֻּדֵ֧יve.'a.mu.Deiand [the] pillars ofH5982
הֶחָצֵ֛רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֑םve.'ad.nei.Hemand bases theirH134
וִיתֵדֹתָ֖םvi.te.do.Tamand tent pegs theirH3489
וּמֵֽיתְרֵיהֶֽם\׃u.Mei.te.rei.Hemand ropes theirH4340

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

Context

  • 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 3:37

    And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

  • Numbers 3:38

    But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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Numbers 3:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y las columnas en derredor del atrio, y sus basas, y sus estacas, y sus cuerdas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les piliers du parvis tout autour, et leurs bases, et leurs pieux, et leurs cordages, furent confiés aux fils de Merari.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Säulen des Vorhofs ringsum und ihre Füße und ihre Pflöcke und ihre Seile.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
columnæque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis, et paxilli cum funibus.