Numbers 3:7

Translations

Modern

They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Traditional

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Literal

And they shall attend to his needs, and the needs of the whole congregation before the face of the Tent of Meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle.

Latin

…et observent quidquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii,

Original

Hebrew

English

They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Notes

Numbers 3:5–13

God chose the Levites to be assistants for the priests, represented by Aaron. They had a number of holy duties in their ministry service. They performed holy tasks to maintain the Tent of Meeting and its items (3:7 ,8; explained more in 4:1–33).

Numbers 3:1–4:49

Israel's priests and Levites had duties like moving, assembling, protecting, and maintaining the Tent of Meeting. The way God organized the tribes highlighted his concern for these priestly tasks.

Related verses

Numbers 1:50
Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
Numbers 8:11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
Numbers 8:15
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
1 Chronicles 26:20
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Numbers 8:24–26
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers 3:32
The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Numbers 31:30
From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 26:22
…the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 23:28–32
…but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
1 Chronicles 26:26
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy Numbers, Book of

Topics

Christian Minister: Call of Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: Levites Set Apart Levites: Functions of had Charge of the Tabernacle in the Encampments and on the March Levites: Set Apart As Ministers of Religion Tabernacle: The Levites: did the Inferior Service of The Levites: Services of Ministering to Priests

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