Passage Research
Numbers 4 — Sermon Preparation
The three Levite clans — Kohath, Gershon, and Merari — are assigned specific loads to carry when the camp moves, and their working-age men are counted. Below is a research summary for Numbers 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 49
- verses
- 668 / 145
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲבֹדָה | ʻăbôdâh | H5656 | 20 | work |
| פָּקַד | pâqad | H6485 | 22 | visit, oversee |
| מִשְׁפָּחָה | mishpâchâh | H4940 | 18 | family, circle of relatives |
| מוֹעֵד | môwʻêd | H4150 | 16 | appointment, time |
| אֹהֶל | ʼôhel | H168 | 16 | tent |
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 14 | Aharon |
| שָׁנֶה | shâneh | H8141 | 14 | year, revolution |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types, and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the case is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 4:4–20 (Public Domain)
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