7They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.


In Context

4 Nadab and Abihu, however, fell dead before the Lord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons; so only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

5 The Lord said to Moses,

6 "Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.

8 They are to take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle.

9 Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.

Numbers 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.