Numbers 3:26

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hangings	וְקַלְעֵ֣י ve.kal.'Ei	H7050	a sling · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
court	הֶֽחָצֵ֗ר he.cha.Tzer	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
curtain	מָסַךְ֙ ma.saKh	H4539	a cover · noun, common masculine singular construct
door	פֶּ֣תַח Pe.tach	H6607	an opening (literally) · noun, common masculine singular construct
court	הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר he.cha.Tzer	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
tabernacle	הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ha.mish.Kan	H4908	a residence (including a shepherd's hut · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
about	סָבִ֑יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
cords	מֵֽיתָרָ֔יו mei.ta.Rav	H4340	a cord (of a tent) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
service	עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ a.vo.da.To	H5656	work of any kind · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Exodus 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
Exodus 27:9-16 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of…
Exodus 38:9-16 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:14-39

The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15. The rest of the tribes were numbered only from twenty years old and upwards, and of them those only that were able to go forth to war; but into the number of the Levites they must take in both infants, and infirm; being exempted from the war, it was not insisted upon that they should be of age and strength for the wars. Though it appears afterwards that little more than a third part of the Levites were fit to be employed in the service of the ta…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14

Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Num 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Num 1:3], from which the Levites were totally exempt. But the Levites were appointed to a work on which they entered as soon as they were capable of instruction. They are mentioned under the names of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, sons of Levi, and chiefs or ancestral heads of three subdivisions…

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John Gill on Numbers 3:26

And the hangings of the court,.... Which formed the great open court that encompassed the tabernacle, and was an hundred cubits long and fifty broad; Exodus 27:9, and the curtain for the door of the court: which was an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, Exodus 27:16, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about: this refers to the court, the hangings, and curtains of the door of it, which are spoken of; and this court surrounded the tabernacle, and the altar which was without the tabernacle, as Aben Ezra observes, and which was the altar of burnt offering that stood within this court; for the particle sometimes signifies "about" (s), and…

Dictionary and topics

Gershon — =Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place,…
Gershonites, The — the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. “THE GERSH0NITE,” as applied to individuals, occurs in (1 Chronicles 26:21) The sons of Gershon (the Gershonites) had charge of the…
Hanging — (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut.…
Gershon · General references — General references
Levites · Gershonites and their duties — Gershonites and their duties

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 3:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14

John Gill on Numbers 3:26

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 3:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14

John Gill on Numbers 3:26

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 3:5–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 3:21-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 3:14-39

Rashi on Numbers 3:26