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Numbers 4:23

Numbers 4:23
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the hangings of the court,.... Which made the great court that surrounded the tabernacle, Exo 27:9,

and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court; the eastern gate that led into the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

enter in to perform the service - literally, as in the margin, “to war the warfare,” or, as the same phrase in part is rendered, Num 4:3, “enter into the host to do the work.” The language is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 4:21-33

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and was to be done regularly. 1. The Gershonites were charged with…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 4:21-28

The Gershonites and their duties.

They carry (in wagons Num 7:7) all the hangings and coverings of which the Dwelling and the court are composed.