Numbers 4:37
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 4:37 in other translations
| BSB | These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses. |
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| WEB | These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses. |
| ASV | These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. |
| YLT | These are those numbered of the families of the Kohathite, every one who is serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, by the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. |
| DARBY | These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses. |
| BBE | This is the number of those of the Kohathites who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord. |
| Webster | These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
What does Numbers 4:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:34-49
34-49. Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe. In considering their relative numbers, the wisdom…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:34-49
God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give strength in proportion to the work, and grace sufficient. The least of the tribes had many more able men than the Levites: those who engage in the service of this world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God…
Numbers 4:37 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 4:36
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
- Numbers 4:37
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
- Numbers 4:38
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos fueron los contados de las familias de Coath, todos los que ministran en el tabernáculo del testimonio, los cuales contaron Moisés y Aarón, como lo mandó Jehová por mano de Moisés. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ce sont là les dénombrés des familles des Kehathites, tous ceux qui servaient dans la tente d’assignation, que Moïse et Aaron dénombrèrent selon le commandement de l’ Éternel par Moïse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das sind die Gemusterten der Familien der Kehathiter, alle, welche am Zelte der Zusammenkunft dienten, die Mose und Aaron musterten nach dem Befehl Jehovas durch Mose. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hic est numerus populi Caath qui intrant tabernaculum fœderis: hos numeravit Moyses et Aaron juxta sermonem Domini per manum Moysi. |