Numbers 4 · Verse 22

Numbers 4:22

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Numbers 4:22, King James Version

Numbers 4:22 in other translations

BSB“Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,
WEB“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
ASVTake the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
YLT‘Take up the sum of the sons of Gershon also by the house of their fathers, by their families;
DARBYTake also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.
BBELet the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
WebsterTake also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the house of their fathers, by their families;

What does Numbers 4:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:21-33

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2Co 5:1, and the putting it off, 2Pe 1:14. All shall be raised up in…

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Numbers 4:22 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.

נָשֹׂ֗אna.So'lift upH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רֹ֛אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
גֵרְשׁ֖וֹןge.re.ShonGershonH1648
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
הֵ֑םHemtheyH1992
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004
אֲבֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם\׃le.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940

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

Cross references for Numbers 4:22

  • Numbers 3:24

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

  • Numbers 3:21

    Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

  • Numbers 3:18

    And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

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Context

  • Numbers 4:21

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Numbers 4:22

    Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

  • Numbers 4:23

    From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Numbers 4:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toma también la cuenta de los hijos de Gersón por las casas de sus padres, por sus familias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Relève aussi la somme des fils de Guershon, selon leurs maisons de pères, selon leurs familles;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nimm auch die Summe der Söhne Gersons auf, nach ihren Vaterhäusern, nach ihren Familien;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tolle summam etiam filiorum Gerson per domos ac familias et cognationes suas,