Numbers 4:4
New International Version
“This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.

New Living Translation
“The duties of the Kohathites at the Tabernacle will relate to the most sacred objects.

English Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

Berean Standard Bible
This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.

King James Bible
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

New King James Version
“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:

New American Standard Bible
This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

NASB 1995
“This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

NASB 1977
“This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

Legacy Standard Bible
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

Amplified Bible
This is the work and responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle): the most holy things.

Christian Standard Bible
“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

American Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This is the service of the sons of Qahath in the Time tent, The Holy of Holies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.

Contemporary English Version
The Kohathites will be responsible for carrying the sacred objects used in worship at the sacred tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the service of the sons of Caath:

English Revised Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is the work the Kohathites will do in the tent of meeting: They will take care of the most holy things.

Good News Translation
Their service involves the most holy things.

International Standard Version
"Here's what the descendants of Kohath are to do regarding the Tent of Meeting and what's inside the Most Holy Place:

JPS Tanakh 1917
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

Literal Standard Version
This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting [for] the most holy things:

Majority Standard Bible
This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.

New American Bible
This is the task of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting: the most sacred objects.

NET Bible
This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things.

New Revised Standard Version
The service of the Kohathites relating to the tent of meeting concerns the most holy things.

New Heart English Bible
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

Webster's Bible Translation
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things.

World English Bible
“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things.

Young's Literal Translation
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Duties of the Kohathites
3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things. 5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.…

Cross References
Numbers 4:3
men from thirty to fifty years old--everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:5
Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.

Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.


Treasury of Scripture

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

Numbers 4:15,19,24,30
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation…

Numbers 3:30,31
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel…

Mark 13:34
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

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Numbers 4
1. The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service
4. The duty of the Kohathites
16. The charge of Eleazar
17. The office of the priests
21. The duty of the Gershonites
29. Of the Merarites
34. The number of the Kohathites
38. Of the Gershonites
42. And of the Merarites














Verse 4. - About the most holy things. Rather, "the most holy things:" they were the service of the Kohathites. So the Septuagint.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This
זֹ֛את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

service
עֲבֹדַ֥ת (‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5656: Work of any kind

of the Kohathites
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

at the Tent
בְּאֹ֣הֶל (bə·’ō·hel)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting
מוֹעֵ֑ד (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

regards the most
קֹ֖דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

holy things.
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity


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