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This isזֹאתthe serviceעֲבֹדַתof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Gershonites,הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיin servingלַעֲבֹדand in carrying loads:וּלְמַשָּׂא
Numbers 4:24
Study it in the app“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying loads:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:24, word by word
- the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- of the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the Gershonitesגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיgershuni
Gershonite
Gershonite: a descendant of Gershon, son of Levi.
Where else “gershuni” appears- in servingעֲבֹדavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” appears- and in carrying loadsמַשָּׂאmasa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appears
The context
23from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them, everyone who enters to serve in the ranks, to do the service in the tent of meeting.
24 · This verse (above)
25they shall carry the curtains of the dwelling, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,