And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. < Numbers 4:15 […]
Numbers
The book of Numbers is a historical and instructional book of the Old Testament that chronicles the journey of the Israelites from Mount Sinai to the borders of the Promised Land. It records their trials, triumphs, and failures, highlighting God’s faithfulness, provision, and justice throughout their forty years in the wilderness. Numbers combines census data, legal instructions, and narratives to teach lessons about obedience, trust, and the consequences of rebellion.
Numbers emphasizes God’s guidance and sovereignty. Despite the people’s doubts, complaints, and disobedience, God remains faithful, providing for their needs, directing their journey, and upholding His covenant promises. The book also prepares the next generation for the responsibility of entering the Promised Land, underscoring the importance of faith and leadership.
This book encourages reflection on God’s faithfulness, the importance of trust, and the necessity of obedience in following His commands. Numbers demonstrates that God’s plan unfolds even amid human failure and uncertainty, and that His promises are sure for those who remain faithful.
Explore the book of Numbers to understand God’s guidance, learn from the Israelites’ journey, and gain insight into living faithfully under His direction.
Numbers 4:17
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, < Numbers 4:16 | > Numbers 4:18 Reflection Numbers 4:17 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing lord, […]
Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: < Numbers 4:17 | > Numbers 4:19 Reflection Numbers 4:18 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its words […]
Numbers 4:19
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: < Numbers 4:18 | > Numbers 4:20 Reflection Numbers 4:19 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, […]
Numbers 4:2
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, < Numbers 4:1 | > Numbers 4:3 Reflection Numbers 4:2 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This […]
Numbers 4:20
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. < Numbers 4:19 | > Numbers 4:21 Reflection Numbers 4:20 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its […]
Numbers 4:21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, < Numbers 4:20 | > Numbers 4:22 Reflection Numbers 4:21 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing lord, spake, moses, saying, […]
Numbers 4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; < Numbers 4:21 | > Numbers 4:23 Reflection Numbers 4:22 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but […]
Numbers 4:23
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. < Numbers 4:22 | > Numbers 4:24 Reflection Numbers 4:23 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, […]
Numbers 4:24
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: < Numbers 4:23 | > Numbers 4:25 Reflection Numbers 4:24 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]
Numbers 4:25
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, < Numbers 4:24 | > Numbers 4:26 Reflection Numbers 4:25 sits within Numbers, Israel’s […]
Numbers 4:26
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. < Numbers 4:25 | > […]
Numbers 4:27
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. < Numbers 4:26 | > Numbers 4:28 Reflection Numbers 4:27 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, […]
Numbers 4:28
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. < Numbers 4:27 | > Numbers 4:29 Reflection Numbers 4:28 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention […]
Numbers 4:29
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; < Numbers 4:28 | > Numbers 4:30 Reflection Numbers 4:29 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, […]
Numbers 4:3
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. < Numbers 4:2 | > Numbers 4:4 Reflection Numbers 4:3 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness […]
Numbers 4:30
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. < Numbers 4:29 | > Numbers 4:31 Reflection Numbers 4:30 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, […]
Numbers 4:31
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, < Numbers 4:30 | > Numbers 4:32 Reflection Numbers 4:31 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws […]
Numbers 4:32
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. < Numbers 4:31 | > Numbers 4:33 Reflection Numbers 4:32 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness […]
Numbers 4:33
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. < Numbers 4:32 | > Numbers 4:34 Reflection Numbers 4:33 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention […]
Numbers 4:34
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, < Numbers 4:33 | > Numbers 4:35 Reflection Numbers 4:34 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through […]
Numbers 4:35
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: < Numbers 4:34 | > Numbers 4:36 Reflection Numbers 4:35 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness […]
Numbers 4:36
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. < Numbers 4:35 | > Numbers 4:37 Reflection Numbers 4:36 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be brief, but its […]
Numbers 4:37
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. < Numbers 4:36 | > Numbers 4:38 Reflection Numbers 4:37 sits within Numbers, Israel’s […]
Numbers 4:38
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, < Numbers 4:37 | > Numbers 4:39 Reflection Numbers 4:38 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may be […]
Numbers 4:39
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, < Numbers 4:38 | > Numbers 4:40 Reflection Numbers 4:39 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness […]
Numbers 4:4
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: < Numbers 4:3 | > Numbers 4:5 Reflection Numbers 4:4 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse may […]
Numbers 4:40
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. < Numbers 4:39 | > Numbers 4:41 Reflection Numbers 4:40 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. […]
Numbers 4:41
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. < Numbers 4:40 | > Numbers 4:42 Reflection Numbers 4:41 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, […]
Numbers 4:42
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, < Numbers 4:41 | > Numbers 4:43 Reflection Numbers 4:42 sits within Numbers, Israel’s wilderness record, where Scripture often draws attention to testing, provision, obedience, and God’s faithfulness through the journey. This verse […]