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Numbers 3:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 3:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the prince of the fathers` house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the prince of the fathers` house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Numbers 3:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
24And the prince of the fathers` house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
26and the hangings of the court, and the screen 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.
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites, etc.] Who had the chief authority over them, and the chief direction of them in what they were to do: [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael; but who he was, or of which family of the Gershonites, whether of the Libnites or Shimites, is not said here or elsewhere; nor do the Jewish writers, who affect to know every thing, pretend to tell us.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Lael: i.e. unto, by, because of God, \[Strong's H3815\]. Num 3:24 Numbers 3:25”
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