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Num. 4:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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From thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
h years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
old
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
and upward
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
until fifty
chamishshiym (Hebrew #2572)
fifty
KJV usage: fifty.
Pronounce: kham-ish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 2568
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
old
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
shalt thou number
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
them; all that enter in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to βperform
tsaba' (Hebrew #6633)
to mass (an army or servants)
KJV usage: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
the service
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, to do
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
the work
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
in the tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of the congregation
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
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Num. 4:3• 3from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. (Num. 4:3)
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war the warfare,
1 Cor. 9:7• 7Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock? (1 Cor. 9:7)
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1 Tim. 1:18• 18This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)
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Cross References

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thirty years.
Num. 4:3• 3from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. (Num. 4:3)
to perform the service.
Heb. to war the warfare.
Num. 4:3• 3from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. (Num. 4:3)
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Isa. 63:1‑4• 1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?--I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 2--Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
 3I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.
 4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come. (Isa. 63:1‑4)
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Rom. 7:14‑24• 14For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.
 15For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.
 16But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right.
 17Now then it is no longer *I* that do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
 18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right I find not.
 19For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.
 20But if what *I* do not will, this I practise, it is no longer *I* that do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
 21I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.
 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
 23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death? (Rom. 7:14‑24)
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1 Cor. 9:7• 7Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock? (1 Cor. 9:7)
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2 Cor. 6:7• 7in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)
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2 Cor. 10:3‑5• 3For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.
 4For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds;
 5overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ; (2 Cor. 10:3‑5)
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Eph. 6:10‑19• 10For the rest, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the might of his strength.
 11Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:
 12because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual power of wickedness in the heavenlies.
 13For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.
 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
 15and shod your feet with the preparation of the glad tidings of peace:
 16besides all these, having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.
 17Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
 18praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
 19and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings, (Eph. 6:10‑19)
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Gal. 5:17,24• 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
 24But they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts. (Gal. 5:17,24)
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1 Tim. 1:18• 18This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)
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2 Tim. 2:3‑4• 3Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
 4No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier. (2 Tim. 2:3‑4)
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2 Tim. 4:7• 7I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. (2 Tim. 4:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the serviceh in the tent of meeting.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "work," as ch. 3.7,8.