Numbers 4:43
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 4:43 in other translations
| BSB | everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
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| WEB | from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, |
| ASV | from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, |
| YLT | from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to the host, for service in the tent of meeting, |
| DARBY | from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting, |
| BBE | All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting, |
| Webster | From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, |
What does Numbers 4:43 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 4:43 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 4:42
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
- Numbers 4:43
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 4:44
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 4:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Desde el de edad de treinta años arriba hasta el de edad de cincuenta años, todos los que entran en compañía, para ministrar en el tabernáculo del testimonio: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | depuis l’âge de 30 ans et au-dessus, jusqu’à l’âge de 50 ans, tous ceux qui entraient en service pour servir à la tente d’assignation: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | von dreißig Jahren und darüber bis zu fünfzig Jahren, alle, welche in die Arbeit traten zum Dienst am Zelte der Zusammenkunft: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | a triginta annis et supra, usque ad annum quinquagesimum, omnes qui ingrediuntur ad explendos ritus tabernaculi fœderis: |