Numbers 4:40
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Numbers 4:40 in other translations
| BSB | And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630. |
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| WEB | even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. |
| ASV | even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |
| YLT | even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |
| DARBY | even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. |
| BBE | Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred and thirty. |
| Webster | Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |
What does Numbers 4:40 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 4:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 4:40
- Numbers 3:32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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Context
- Numbers 4:39
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
- Numbers 4:40
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
- Numbers 4:41
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
Numbers 4:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los contados de ellos por sus familias, por las casas de sus padres, fueron dos mil seiscientos y treinta. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | leurs dénombrés, selon leurs familles, selon leurs maisons de pères, furent 2 630. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | es waren ihrer Gemusterten, nach ihren Familien, nach ihren Vaterhäusern, 2630. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et inventi sunt duo millia sexcenti triginta. |