Numbers 3:25 - Easy To Read Version In the Meeting Tent, [34] the Gershonite people had the job of taking care of the Holy Tent, the outer tent, and the covering. They also took care of the curtain at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of Meeting, American Standard Version (1901) And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, Common English Bible In the dwelling, the Gershonites were responsible for the meeting tent, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the meeting tent, Catholic Public Domain Version And they shall keep watch over the tabernacle of the covenant: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant: |
So the Levites did all the things they were supposed to do. They took care of the Holy Tent. {\cf2\super [258]} They took care of the Holy Place. {\cf2\super [259]} And they helped their relatives, \{the priests,\} Aaron’s descendants. The Levites helped the priests with the services at the Lord’s temple.
The priests and Levites had been divided into groups and each group had its own special job to do. So King Hezekiah told these groups to begin doing their jobs again. So the priests and Levites again had the job of offering the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [381]} and the fellowship offerings. And they had the job of serving in the temple and singing and praising God by the doors to the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [382]}
I will show you what the Holy Tent [167] and everything in it should look like. Build everything exactly like I show you.
After that, Moses put the outer tent over the Holy Tent. Then he put the covering over the outer tent. He did these things like the Lord had commanded.
Tell the men of Levi that they are responsible for the Holy Tent [5] of the Agreement. They must take care of that tent and all the things that are with it. They must carry the Holy Tent and everything in it. They must make their camp around it and take care of it.
Then the Holy Tent [151] was taken down. And the men from the Gershon and the Merari families carried the Holy Tent. So the people from these families were next in line.
The leader of the family groups of the Gershonite people was Eliasaph son of Lael.
The Levites will help Aaron when he serves at the Meeting Tent. [28] And the Levites will help all the people {of Israel} when they come to worship at the Holy Tent. [29]
He gave two carts and four cows to the men in Gershon’s group. They needed the wagons and the cows for their work.
This is like a man that goes on a trip and leaves his house. The man lets his servants take care of the house. He gives each servant a special job to do. One servant has the work of guarding the door. The man tells this servant to always be ready. This is the same as I am now telling you.
Timothy, you are \{like\} a son to me. I am giving you a command. This command agrees with the prophecies {\cf2\super [5]} that were told about you in the past. I tell you these things so that you can remember those prophecies and fight the good fight \{of faith\}.