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Numbers 4:21

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¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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Numbers 4:21

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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4:21¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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4:22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

4:23From 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.

4:24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

4:25And 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,

4:26And 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.

4:27At 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.

4:28This 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.

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