Numbers 4 · Verse 17

Numbers 4:17

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 4:17, King James Version

Numbers 4:17 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
WEBThe LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
ASVAnd Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
YLTAnd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
DARBYAnd Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
BBEAnd the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
WebsterAnd the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

What does Numbers 4:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:17-20
17-20. Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites, &c.--a solemn admonition to Moses and Aaron to beware, lest, by any negligence on their part, disorder and improprieties should creep in, and to take the greatest care that all the parts of this important service be apportioned to the proper parties, lest the Kohathites should be disqualified for their high and honorable duties. The guilt of their death would be incurred by the superintending priest, if he failed to give proper directions or allowed any irreverent familiarity with sacred things.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:4-20

The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types, and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the case is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne…

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Numbers 4:17 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.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאֶֽל\־ve.'el-and toH413
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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

Context

  • Numbers 4:16

    And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

  • Numbers 4:17

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Numbers 4:18

    Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

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Numbers 4:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y habló Jehová á Moisés y á Aarón, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova redete zu Mose und zu Aaron und sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron, dicens: