Numbers 3:24
“And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.”
Numbers 3:24 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And the prince of the fathers house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- DARBYDarby
- And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Context: Numbers 3
22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25And 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,
26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
About Numbers 3: The Levites
A second census is taken of the Levites, and their duties in serving the Tabernacle are outlined.
Commentary
In Numbers 3, we see the Lord instructing Moses to take a census of the Levites, who were to serve as the priests of Israel. The Lord commands that all males from the age of one month and older were to be counted. The Lord then instructs Moses to assign the Levites to the service of the tabernacle, and to assign them to the various tasks of the tabernacle. The Lord also commands that the Levites were to be redeemed from the other tribes of Israel, and that they were to be given to Aaron and his sons as a special gift from the Lord.