Numbers 4:1
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New International Version (©2011)
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

English Standard Version (©2001)
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: "

International Standard Version (©2012)
The LORD told Moses and Aaron,

NET Bible (©2006)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

American King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-3 The middle-aged men of the tribe of Levi, all from thirty years old to fifty, were to be employed in the service of the tabernacle. The service of God requires the best of our strength, and the prime portion of our time, which cannot be better spent than to the honour of Him who is the First and Best. And the service of God should be done when we are most lively and active. Those do not consider this who put off repentance to old age, and so leave the best work to be done in the worst time.

THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES (chapter 4). Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them a second time, and take out from them such as were fit for service:

saying; as follows.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 4

Nu 4:1-49. Of the Levites' Service.

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Duties of the Kohathites
1And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. …

Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.
Numbers 3:51 Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.
Numbers 4:2 "Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.
Ezekiel 44:11 They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them.