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Numbers 4:32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.
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Assign to each man the specific things he is to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />also the posts for the courtyard walls with their bases, pegs, and ropes; and all the accessories and everything else related to their use. Assign the various loads to each man by name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign <i>to each man</i> by name the items he must carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the pillars around the courtyard and their bases, their pegs, and their ropes, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign by names <i>of the men</i> the items that each is to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the pillars around the court and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign each man by name the items he is to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the pillars around the court and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign <i>each man</i> by name the items he is to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the pillars around the court and their bases and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign <i>each man</i> by name the items of the responsibility of his load.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and the pillars around the courtyard with their sockets <i>or</i> bases and their pegs and their cords (tent ropes), with all their equipment and with all their [accessories for] service; and you shall assign <i>each man</i> by name the items he is to carry [on the march].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and all the work related to them. You are to assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and all the work related to them. You are to assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />as well as the posts that support the courtyard, together with their stands, tent pegs, and ropes. The Merarites are to be told exactly what objects they are to carry, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes. They must take care of all this equipment. Tell each man by name the things he will carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and the posts, bases, pegs, and ropes of the court around the Tent, with all the fittings used in setting them up. Each man will be responsible for carrying specific items. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />the pillars around the courtyard, their sockets, their pegs, their ropes, and all the utensils for all their services. Assign the utensils by name to each person whose responsibility it will be to carry them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service; and you number the vessels of the charge of their burden by name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service; and by name ye do number the vessels of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the pillars of the enclosure round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords for all their vessels, and for all their service: and by name ye shall review the vessels of the watches of their lifting up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The pillars also of the court round about, with their sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />also the columns surrounding the atrium, with their bases and tent pegs and cords. They shall accept by number all the vessels and articles, and so shall they carry them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and the columns of the surrounding court with their pedestals, pegs and ropes, including all their accessories and everything for their maintenance. You shall list by name the objects they shall be responsible for carrying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court all around with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their related service; and you shall assign by name the objects that they are required to carry.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the pillars of the court round about and their sockets, their pins and their cords, with all their instruments and with all their service; and by name you shall count the instruments included in their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the pillars of the courtyard as a circle, and their sockets and their pegs and their cords and all their implements and all their service; count by name the implements of the keeping of their cargo.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, even all their appurtenance, and all that pertaineth to their service; and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and <i>there shall be</i> their sockets, and <i>they shall bear</i> the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/4-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=1323" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/4.htm">The Duties of the Merarites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases, <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: wə·‘am·mū·ḏê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">and the posts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">of the surrounding</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: he·ḥā·ṣêr (Art:: N-cs) -- A yard, a hamlet.">courtyard</a> <a href="/hebrew/134.htm" title="134: wə·’aḏ·nê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A base, pedestal. From the same as 'adown; a basis.">with their bases,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3489.htm" title="3489: wî·ṯê·ḏō·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A peg, pin. From an unused root meaning to pin through or fast; a peg.">tent pegs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4340.htm" title="4340: ū·mê·ṯə·rê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Cord, string. From yathar; a cord or the string.">and ropes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">including all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">their equipment</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·lə·ḵōl (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ‘ă·ḇō·ḏā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">related to their use.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: tip̄·qə·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">You shall assign</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: ū·ḇə·šê·mōṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">by name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lê (N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">the items</a> <a href="/hebrew/4931.htm" title="4931: miš·me·reṯ (N-fsc) -- Fem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act, or The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. Duty or A usage or party.">that they are responsible</a> <a href="/hebrew/4853.htm" title="4853: maś·śā·’ām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- From nasa'; a burden; specifically, tribute, or porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire.">to carry.</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a></span><br />You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a></span><br />So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Exodus 27:19</a></span><br />All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-10.htm">Exodus 35:10</a></span><br />Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-1.htm">Exodus 36:1</a></span><br />“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/39-32.htm">Exodus 39:32</a></span><br />So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-16.htm">Exodus 40:16</a></span><br />Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm">1 Chronicles 23:26-32</a></span><br />So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.” / For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted, / but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-19.htm">1 Chronicles 28:19</a></span><br />“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25</a></span><br />Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-10.htm">Ezra 3:10</a></span><br />When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-39.htm">Nehemiah 10:39</a></span><br />For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/134-1.htm">Psalm 134:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Luke 16:10</a></span><br />Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.</p><p class="hdg">and by name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/3-8.htm">Numbers 3:8</a></b></br> And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/7-1.htm">Numbers 7:1</a></b></br> And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a></b></br> According to all that I shew thee, <i>after</i> the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make <i>it</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/4-10.htm">Accessories</a> <a href="/numbers/4-27.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/numbers/4-27.htm">Assign</a> <a href="/numbers/3-37.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Court</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Courtyard</a> <a 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href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Use</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Used</a> <a href="/numbers/4-26.htm">Vessels</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/25-39.htm">Accessories</a> <a href="/numbers/6-26.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Assign</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-8.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/numbers/4-49.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/numbers/5-19.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-12.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-1.htm">Court</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-18.htm">Courtyard</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Duty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-13.htm">Equipment</a> <a href="/numbers/7-1.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/exodus/23-17.htm">Items</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm">Materials</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-12.htm">Nails</a> <a href="/numbers/4-34.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/numbers/7-9.htm">Objects</a> <a href="/numbers/8-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Pegs</a> <a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Pertaineth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Pins</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/numbers/23-9.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/joshua/2-23.htm">Related</a> <a href="/numbers/7-7.htm">Required</a> <a href="/numbers/10-17.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/judges/15-13.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/numbers/11-24.htm">Round</a> <a href="/numbers/4-33.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-34.htm">Sockets</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-5.htm">Space</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Surrounding</a> <a href="/numbers/4-33.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/8-12.htm">Use</a> <a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Used</a> <a href="/numbers/7-1.htm">Vessels</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-1.htm">The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">The duty of the Kohathites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">The charge of Eleazar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-17.htm">The office of the priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-21.htm">The duty of the Gershonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-29.htm">Of the Merarites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-34.htm">The number of the Kohathites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Of the Gershonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">And of the Merarites</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div 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</div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use.</b><br>This phrase details the specific components of the Tabernacle's structure that the Levites were responsible for transporting. The posts and bases were essential for the stability of the Tabernacle's courtyard, symbolizing the strength and permanence of God's dwelling among His people. The tent pegs and ropes were crucial for securing the structure, reflecting the need for spiritual grounding and steadfastness. The meticulous attention to detail in the construction and transportation of the Tabernacle underscores the holiness and orderliness required in worship. This mirrors the New Testament teaching that believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, requiring careful attention to spiritual life and discipline (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a>).<p><b>You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.</b><br>This directive emphasizes the importance of order and accountability in the service of God. Each Levite had a specific role, highlighting the value of individual responsibility within the community of faith. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are described as members of one body, each with unique gifts and functions (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-12.htm">1 Corinthians 12:12-27</a>). The assignment by name also signifies God's personal knowledge and care for each individual, a theme that runs throughout Scripture, culminating in the assurance that God knows each of His followers by name (<a href="/john/10-3.htm">John 10:3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_levites.htm">The Levites</a></b><br>A tribe of Israel set apart for religious duties, specifically the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites, who were responsible for the care and transportation of the Tabernacle and its furnishings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable dwelling place for the presence of God among the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>Leaders of the Israelites who were responsible for assigning duties to the Levites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_journey.htm">The Wilderness Journey</a></b><br>The period during which the Israelites traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land, carrying the Tabernacle with them.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_courtyard.htm">The Courtyard</a></b><br>The outer area surrounding the Tabernacle, which included various posts, bases, tent pegs, and ropes as described in the verse.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_stewardship.htm">Responsibility and Stewardship</a></b><br>Each Levite was assigned specific items to carry, emphasizing the importance of individual responsibility and stewardship in serving God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/order_and_organization_in_worship.htm">Order and Organization in Worship</a></b><br>The detailed instructions for the Tabernacle's care reflect God's desire for order and organization in worship, which can be applied to our personal and corporate worship practices today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_every_role.htm">The Significance of Every Role</a></b><br>Even seemingly minor tasks, like carrying tent pegs, were crucial for the functioning of the Tabernacle, reminding us that every role in the body of Christ is significant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_small_things.htm">Faithfulness in Small Things</a></b><br>The Levites' faithfulness in carrying out their duties serves as a model for being faithful in the small things God entrusts to us, which can lead to greater responsibilities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_kohathites,_gershonites,_merarites.htm">Who were the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_causes_evil_to_exist_in_the_world.htm">How did Israel test God ten times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_history_science_confirm_tabernacle_manpower.htm">Numbers 4 - Given the large census numbers in previous chapters, is there any historical or scientific basis to confirm the vast manpower needed for these Tabernacle tasks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_102_contradict_god's_changeability.htm">Does Psalm 102's depiction of God as eternal contradict other passages suggesting God changes His mind or actions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">Ye shall reckon.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">ye shall assign or appoint. </span>(See Note on the preceding verse.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">By name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.</span> This injunction only occurs here. The Septuagint has "number them by name, and all the articles borne by them." Perhaps the solid parts of the fabric were numbered for convenience of setting up, and, therefore, were assigned each to its own bearer. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/4-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the posts</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַמּוּדֵי֩</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘am·mū·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the surrounding</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִ֜יב</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">courtyard</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחָצֵ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·ṣêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their bases,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’aḏ·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_134.htm">Strong's 134: </a> </span><span class="str2">A base, pedestal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tent pegs,</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽיתֵדֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wî·ṯê·ḏō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3489.htm">Strong's 3489: </a> </span><span class="str2">A peg, pin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ropes,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵ֣יתְרֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·ṯə·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4340.htm">Strong's 4340: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, the string</span><br /><br /><span class="word">including all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their equipment</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everything</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">related to their use.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḇō·ḏā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You shall assign</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפְקְד֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tip̄·qə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by name</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְשֵׁמֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·šê·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the items</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that they are responsible</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(miš·me·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4931.htm">Strong's 4931: </a> </span><span class="str2">A guard, watch, charge, function</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to carry.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשָּׂאָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(maś·śā·’ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4853.htm">Strong's 4853: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/4-32.htm">OT Law: Numbers 4:32 And the pillars of the court around (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/4-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 4:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/4-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 4:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>