Numbers 4:27
New English Translation
27 “All the service of the Gershonites, whether[a] carrying loads[b] or for any of their work, will be at the direction of[c] Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks[d] as their responsibility.
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- Numbers 4:27 tn The term “whether” is supplied to introduce the enumerated parts of the explanatory phrase.
- Numbers 4:27 tn Here again is the use of the noun “burden” in the sense of the loads they were to carry (see the use of carts in Num 7:7).
- Numbers 4:27 tn The expression is literally “upon/at the mouth of” (עַל־פִּי, ʿal pi); it means that the work of these men would be under the direct orders of Aaron and his sons.
- Numbers 4:27 tn Or “burden.”
Numbers 4:27
New International Version
27 All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons.(A) You shall assign to them as their responsibility(B) all they are to carry.
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