Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.
New American Standard Bible
This is the work of the
King James Version
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
Holman Bible
“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.
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:
A Conservative Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:
American Standard Version
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
Amplified
This is the work and responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle): the most holy things.
Bible in Basic English
And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.
Julia Smith Translation
These the works of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment, the holy of holies.
King James 2000
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, about the most holy things:
Lexham Expanded Bible
This [is] the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary:
Modern King James verseion
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the most holy place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
even in the most holy place.
NET Bible
This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to 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.
The Emphasized Bible
This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting, - the most holy things,
Webster
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, the most holy things.
Youngs Literal Translation
This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:
Themes
Altar » Of incense » How prepared for carrying
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Carried by kohathites
Candlestick » Of the tabernacle » Carried by kohathites
Levites » Functions of » Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march
Levites » appointed » In charge of » Ark of covenant » Tabernacle furnishings
Interlinear
`abodah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Census Of The Kohathites
3 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy. 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;
Cross References
Numbers 4:19
but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near 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 3:30-31
And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting.
Numbers 4:24
This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving, and in carrying:
Numbers 4:30
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
Mark 13:34
it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.