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Book of Numbers, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Numbers—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Jehovah now spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
  2. “There will be a taking[a] of the sum of the sons of Koʹhath1 from among the sons of Leʹvi, according to their families in the house of their fathers,
  3. from thirty[b] years old2 upward to fifty years old,3 all those going into the service group[c]4 to do the work in the tent of meeting.
  4. ¶ “This is the service of the sons of Koʹhath in the tent of meeting.5 It is something most holy:
  5. And Aaron and his sons must come in when the camp is departing, and they must take down the screening curtain6 and must cover the ark7 of the testimony with it.
  6. And they must put a covering of sealskins8 over it and spread out an entire cloth of blue on top and put in its poles.9
  7. ¶ “And they will spread out a cloth of blue over the table10 of showbread, and they must put upon it the dishes11 and the cups and the bowls12 and the pitchers of the drink offering; and the constant bread13 should continue on it.
  8. And they must spread out a cloth of coccus14 scarlet over them, and they must cover it with a covering of sealskins15 and put in its poles.16
  9. And they must take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand17 of the luminary and its lamps18 and its snuffers19 and its fire holders20 and all its vessels21 for oil with which they regularly minister to it.
  10. And they must put it and all its utensils into a covering of sealskins22 and put it upon a bar.
  11. And over the golden altar23 they will spread out a cloth of blue, and they must cover it with a covering of sealskins24 and put in its poles.25
  12. And they must take all the utensils26 of the ministry with which they regularly minister in the holy place, and they must put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of sealskins27 and put them upon a bar.
  13. ¶ “And they must clear away the fatty ashes of the altar28 and spread out a cloth of wool dyed reddish purple over it.
  14. And they must put upon it all its utensils with which they regularly minister at it, the fire holders, the forks and the shovels and the bowls, all the utensils of the altar;29 and they must spread out over it a covering of sealskins and put in its poles.[d]30
  15. ¶ “And Aaron and his sons must finish covering the holy place31 and all the utensils32 of the holy place when the camp is departing, and after that the sons of Koʹhath will come in to carry them,33 but they must not touch34 the holy place so that they have to die. These things are the load of the sons of Koʹhath in the tent of meeting.35
  16. ¶ “And the oversight36 of El·e·aʹzar the son of Aaron the priest is over the oil37 of the luminary and the perfumed incense38 and the constant grain offering39 and the anointing oil,40 the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, namely, the holy place and its utensils.”
  17. ¶ And Jehovah spoke further to Moses and Aaron, saying:
  18. “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Koʹhath·ites41 be cut off from among the Levites.
  19. But do this for them that they may indeed keep alive and may not die for their approaching the most holy things.42 Aaron and his sons will come in, and they must assign them each one to his service and to his load.
  20. And they must not come in to see the holy things for the least moment of time,[e] and so they have to die.”43
  21. ¶ Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:
  22. “There will be a taking[f] of the sum of the sons of Gerʹshon,44 yes, them by the house of their fathers according to their families.
  23. From thirty years old upward to fifty years you will register them,45 all who come to enter into the service group to render service in the tent of meeting.
  24. This is the service of the families of the Gerʹshon·ites as to serving and as to carrying.46
  25. And they must carry the tent cloths47 of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting,48 its covering49 and the sealskin covering50 that is on top over it, and the screen51 of the entrance of the tent of meeting,
  26. and the hangings52 of the courtyard and the entrance screen53 of the gate of the courtyard that is round about the tabernacle and the altar, and their tent cords and all their service utensils, and all things with which[g] work is regularly done. Thus they must serve.
  27. At the order of Aaron and his sons54 all the service of the sons of the Gerʹshon·ites55 should take place as regards all their loads and all their service, and YOU must assign all their loads to them by obligation.[h]
  28. This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gerʹshon·ites56 in the tent of meeting, and their obligatory service is under the hand of Ithʹa·mar57 the son of Aaron the priest.
  29. ¶ “As for the sons of Me·rarʹi,58 you will register them by their families in the house of their fathers.
  30. From thirty years old upward to fifty years you will register them, all who enter into the service group to render the service of the tent of meeting.59
  31. And this is their obligation, their load,60 according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the panel frames61 of the tabernacle and its bars62 and its pillars63 and its socket pedestals,64
  32. and the pillars65 of the courtyard round about and their socket pedestals66 and their tent pins67 and their tent cords together with all their equipment and all their service. And by their names YOU will assign the equipment for which they are obligated, as their load.68
  33. This is the service of the families of the sons of Me·rarʹi69 according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithʹa·mar the son of Aaron the priest.”70
  34. ¶ And Moses and Aaron and the chieftains71 of the assembly proceeded to register the sons of the Koʹhath·ites72 by their families and by the house of their fathers,
  35. from thirty73 years old upward to fifty years,74 all who entered into the service group for the service in the tent of meeting.75
  36. And the ones registered of them by their families came to be two thousand seven hundred and fifty.76
  37. These are the registered77 ones of the families of the Koʹhath·ites, all those serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron registered at the order of Jehovah by means of Moses.
  38. ¶ As for the registered ones of the sons of Gerʹshon78 by their families and by the house of their fathers,
  39. from thirty years old upward to fifty years, all who entered into the service group for the service in the tent of meeting,79
  40. the ones registered of them by their families, by the house of their fathers, came to be two thousand six hundred and thirty.80
  41. These were the registered ones of the families of the sons of Gerʹshon, all those serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron registered at the order of Jehovah.81
  42. ¶ As for the registered ones of the families of the sons of Me·rarʹi by their families, by the house of their fathers,
  43. from thirty years old upward to fifty years old, all those entering into the service group for the service in the tent of meeting,82
  44. the ones registered of them by their families came to be three thousand two hundred.83
  45. These were the registered ones of the families of the sons of Me·rarʹi, whom Moses and Aaron registered at the order of Jehovah by means of Moses.84
  46. ¶ All the registered ones whom Moses and Aaron and the chieftains of Israel registered as Levites by their families and by the house of their fathers,
  47. from thirty years old upward to fifty years old,85 all those coming to render the laborious service and the service of carrying loads in the tent of meeting,86
  48. their registered ones came to be eight thousand five hundred and eighty.87
  49. At the order of Jehovah they were registered[i] by means of Moses, each one according to his service and his load; and they were registered just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.88

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “There will be a taking.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
  2. ^ “Thirty,” MSamSyVg; LXX, “twenty-five.” Compare 8:24.
  3. ^ “Everyone going in to do public service,” LXX.
  4. ^ SamLXX add: “And they will take a purple cloth and cover the basin and its stand and put them in a blue skin covering and put [them] upon poles.”
  5. ^ Lit., “like swallowing [saliva] down.” See Job 7:19 ftn.
  6. ^ See vs 2 ftn.
  7. ^ “With which,” LXX; MSam, “for (with respect to) which.”
  8. ^ “By obligation,” MSam; LXX, “by names,” as in vs 32.
  9. ^ Lit., “At the mouth of Jehovah he registered them,” MSam.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 3:19, 27
  2. ^ 1Ch 23:3; Lu 3:23
  3. ^ Nu 8:25
  4. ^ Nu 4:30; 1Ch 6:48; 23:24; 28:13
  5. ^ Nu 3:31; 4:15, 19
  6. ^ Ex 26:31; 36:35; 40:3; Le 16:2; Nu 3:31; Heb 9:3
  7. ^ Ex 25:10; 37:1
  8. ^ Ex 25:5
  9. ^ Ex 25:13
  10. ^ Ex 25:23; Le 24:6
  11. ^ Ex 25:29
  12. ^ Ex 37:16
  13. ^ Le 24:5
  14. ^ Ex 25:4
  15. ^ Ex 25:5
  16. ^ Ex 25:28
  17. ^ Ex 25:31
  18. ^ Ex 25:37
  19. ^ Ex 25:38
  20. ^ Ex 37:23
  21. ^ Ex 37:24
  22. ^ Nu 4:6
  23. ^ Ex 30:1; 37:25
  24. ^ Ex 25:5
  25. ^ Ex 30:5
  26. ^ Nu 3:31
  27. ^ Ex 35:23
  28. ^ Le 6:12
  29. ^ Ex 27:3
  30. ^ Ex 27:6
  31. ^ Nu 4:5
  32. ^ Nu 3:8
  33. ^ Nu 7:9; 10:21; De 31:9; 1Ch 15:2
  34. ^ 2Sa 6:6
  35. ^ Nu 3:31
  36. ^ Nu 3:32
  37. ^ Ex 27:20; Le 24:2
  38. ^ Ex 30:34; Ps 141:2; Re 5:8
  39. ^ Ex 29:40
  40. ^ Ex 29:7; 30:23; Le 8:12; Ps 133:2
  41. ^ Nu 3:27
  42. ^ Nu 4:4
  43. ^ Ex 19:21; 1Sa 6:19
  44. ^ Nu 3:21
  45. ^ Nu 4:3
  46. ^ Nu 3:25
  47. ^ Ex 26:1; 36:8
  48. ^ Ex 26:7; 36:14
  49. ^ Ex 26:14
  50. ^ Ex 36:19
  51. ^ Ex 26:36; 36:37
  52. ^ Ex 27:9; 38:9
  53. ^ Ex 27:16; 38:18
  54. ^ Nu 3:3, 10
  55. ^ Nu 3:21, 23
  56. ^ Nu 3:25
  57. ^ Ex 6:23; Nu 3:4; 4:33; 7:8
  58. ^ Ex 6:19; Nu 3:33
  59. ^ Nu 4:3, 23
  60. ^ Nu 3:36
  61. ^ Ex 26:15; 36:20
  62. ^ Ex 26:26; 36:31
  63. ^ Ex 26:37; 36:38
  64. ^ Ex 26:19; 38:27
  65. ^ Ex 27:10
  66. ^ Ex 27:11
  67. ^ Ex 27:19
  68. ^ Nu 3:8
  69. ^ Nu 3:33
  70. ^ Nu 4:28
  71. ^ Nu 1:16; Jos 22:14
  72. ^ Nu 3:19, 27, 29
  73. ^ Nu 4:47
  74. ^ Nu 8:25
  75. ^ Nu 4:3; 8:26
  76. ^ Nu 3:28
  77. ^ Nu 3:15
  78. ^ Nu 3:21
  79. ^ Nu 4:3, 23
  80. ^ Nu 3:22
  81. ^ Nu 3:15; 4:22
  82. ^ Nu 4:3, 23, 30, 35, 39; 8:26
  83. ^ Nu 3:34
  84. ^ Nu 3:15; 4:29
  85. ^ Nu 4:3, 23, 30
  86. ^ Nu 4:15, 24, 31
  87. ^ Nu 3:39
  88. ^ Nu 4:37, 41, 45

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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