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Numbers 4:27

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4:27“All the service of the Gershonites, whether31 carrying loads32 or for any of their work, will be at the direction of33 Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks34 as their responsibility.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 The term “whether” is supplied to introduce the enumerated parts of the explanatory phrase.
  2. 32 Here again is the use of the noun “burden” in the sense of the loads they were to carry (see the use of carts in Num 7:7).
  3. 33 The expression is literally “upon/at the mouth of” (עַל־פִּי, ’al-pi); it means that the work of these men would be under the direct orders of Aaron and his sons.
  4. 34 Or “burden.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do. And you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

NLTNew Living Translation

Aaron and his sons will direct the Gershonites regarding all their duties, whether it involves moving the equipment or doing other work. They must assign the Gershonites responsibility for the loads they are to carry.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And all the work of the descendants of the Gershonites will be at the command of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry.

KJV 1900King James Version

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.