Passage

Numbers 4.2

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,"

"2. Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,"

"3. from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4. This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:" (Numbers 4:1-4, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,"

"2. “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,"

"3. from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting. 4. “This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things." (Numbers 4:1-4, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,"

"2. Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,"

"3. From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4. This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:" (Numbers 4:1-4, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,"

"2. 'Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;"

"3. from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting. 4. 'This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:" (Numbers 4:1-4, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

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; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H7218 - rosh

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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