Numbers 3:29
“The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.”
Numbers 3:29 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And shall camp on the south side.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.
- DARBYDarby
- The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Context: Numbers 3
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and 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.