Passage

Numbers 3.18

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

16. And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded. 17. And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20. And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. (Numbers 3:16-20, ASV)

WEB

16. Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded. 17. These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18. These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20. The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. (Numbers 3:16-20, WEB)

KJV

16. And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. ^{word: Heb. mouth} 17. And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20. And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. (Numbers 3:16-20, KJV)

YLT

16. And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded. 17. And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18. And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

And the sons of Kohath, by their families, [are] Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20. And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers. (Numbers 3:16-20, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

H8034 - shem, shem, Strong's H8034
H1121 - ben, ben, Strong's H1121

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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