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Numbers 4:48–49

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Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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From verse 48

  1. Numbers 3:39Rank 1 from verse 48
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    39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

  2. Matthew 20:16Rank 2 from verse 48
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    16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

  3. Matthew 22:15Rank 3 from verse 48
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    15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

  4. Matthew 7:14Rank 4 from verse 48
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    14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

From verse 49

  1. Numbers 1:54Rank 1 from verse 49
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    54And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

  2. Numbers 4:15Rank 2 from verse 49
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    15And 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.

  3. Numbers 4:21Rank 3 from verse 49
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    21¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  4. Numbers 4:24Rank 4 from verse 49
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    24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

  5. Numbers 4:31Rank 5 from verse 49
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    31And 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,

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Numbers 4:48

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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Numbers 4:49

COMBINED MEANING

commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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service

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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.

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burden

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Sense 1: A load carried; a weight, hardship, duty, or responsibility; also a solemn message laid upon a speaker. Sense 2: To weigh down or oppress.

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4:42¶ And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

4:43From 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,

4:44Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

4:45These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

4:46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

4:47From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

4:48Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

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4:49According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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