KJV King James Version
And 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 3:31
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
WEB World English Bible
Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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 screen, and all the service thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And their charge is the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service.
Surrounding context — Numbers 3
28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And 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.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.
34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred.
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וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗םH4931 · mish.me.retchargeהָאָרֹ֤ןH727 · a.ronarkוְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙H7979 · shul.chantableוְהַמְּנֹרָ֣הH4501 · me.no.rahlampstandוְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔תH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוּכְלֵ֣יH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilהַקֹּ֔דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיְשָׁרְת֖וּH8334 · sha.ratto ministerבָּהֶ֑םH9038 · hemthemוְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְH4539 · ma.sakhcoveringוְכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃H5656 · a.vo.dahservice
Cross-references
Exodus 26:31-33And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:Exodus 25:10-40And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 40:30And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash [withal].Exodus 39:33-42And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,Numbers 4:4-16This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things:Exodus 30:1-10And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.Exodus 40:2-16On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.Exodus 37:1And Bezaleel made the ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [was] the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:Exodus 27:1-8And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.Exodus 36:35-36And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.Exodus 31:1-18And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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