Numbers 4:47 - Easy To Read Version

⁴⁷ All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 that served in the army were counted. These men were given a special work to do for the Meeting Tent. [77] They did the work of carrying the Meeting Tent when they traveled.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁷ From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and of burden bearing in the Tent of Meeting,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

Common English Bible

⁴⁷ those 30 to 50 years old who were eligible to do the work and to carry the load of the meeting tent:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁷ from thirty years and above, until the fiftieth year, entering for the ministry of the tabernacle and carrying the burdens,

Numbers 4:47 Cross References

Numbers 4:3

Count all the men from 30 to 50 years old that served in the army. These men will work in the Meeting Tent. [52]

1 Chronicles 23:27

David’s last instructions for the people of Israel was to count the descendants {\cf2\super [252]} from the family group of Levi. They counted the Levite men that were 20 years old and older.

1 Chronicles 23:3

David counted the Levites that were 30 years old and older. All together there were 38,000 Levites.

Numbers 4:37

So these men from the Kohath family group were given their special work to do for the Meeting Tent. [74] Moses and Aaron did this the way the Lord had told Moses to do.

Numbers 4:30

Count all the men who are from 30 to 50 years old and served in the army. These men will do a special work for the Meeting Tent. [72]

Numbers 4:15

“Aaron and his sons must finish covering all the holy things in the Holy Place. [62] Then the men from the Kohath family can go in and begin carrying those things. In this way, they will not touch the Holy Place and die.

Numbers 4:46

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the people of Israel counted all the people in Levi’s family group. They had counted each family and each family group.

Numbers 4:48

The total number was 8,580.