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Lexicon :: Strong's H5656 - ʿăḇōḏâ

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עֲבֹדָה
Transliteration
ʿăḇōḏâ
Pronunciation
ab-o-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1553c

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. labour, service

    1. labour, work

    2. labour (of servant or slave)

    3. labour, service (of captives or subjects)

    4. service (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.
STRONGS H5656: Abbreviations
† עַבֹדָה, and (Chronicles) עֲבוֺדָה 145 noun feminine labour, service (on formation see LagBN 179 BaNB 61); — י׳ Exodus 1:14 + 41 times; construct עֲבֹדַת Exodus 30:16 + 43 times; suffix עֲבֹדָתִי Genesis 30:26 + 33 times suffixes; in Chronicles עֲבוֺדָה 1 Chronicles 28:14 + 7 times; construct עֲבוֺדַת 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48] + 13 times; suffix עֲבוֺדָתִי 2 Chronicles 12:8; עֲבוֺדָתָם 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:16; —
1. † labour, work, Psalm 104:23; in the field Exodus 1:14; 1 Chronicles 27:26, probably Nehemiah 10:38 [Nehemiah 10:37] (עָרֵי ע׳), Psalm 104:14 (עֵשֶׂב לע׳); in fine linen 1 Chronicles 4:21; in erection of tabernacle Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:5; Exodus 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2 Chronicles 34:13 (twice in verse); כל מלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ ye shall do no laborious work Leviticus 23:7, Leviticus 23:8, Leviticus 23:21, Leviticus 23:25, Leviticus 23:35, Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 28:18, Numbers 28:25, Numbers 28:26; Numbers 29:1, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:35 (P); figurative of man, הַצְּדָקָה ע׳ Isaiah 32:17 (|| מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ׳); of God's work of judgment Isaiah 28:21 (twice in verse).
†2. labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Genesis 29:27; Genesis 30:26 (JE); עֶבֶד ע׳ of bondservant Leviticus 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20; service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Numbers 4:26, Numbers 4:32 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:15.
†3. labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 5:11 (E), Exodus 6:6 (P); הע׳ כבד(הׅ Exodus 5:9 (E) Nehemiah 5:18; קשׁה ע׳ Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (P) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Isaiah 14:3; מֵרֹב ע׳ Lamentations 1:3; ממלכוֺת ע׳ 2 Chronicles 12:8; המלך ע׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; אדניהם ע׳ Nehemiah 3:5; military service Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse).
4. service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Joshua 22:27 (P) 2 Chronicles 12:8, feast of passover Exodus 12:25, Exodus 12:26; 2 Chronicles 35:10, 2 Chronicles 35:16, unleavened bread Exodus 13:5; Levites and priests Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:49; Numbers 8:11; 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 31:16; מתנה ע׳ Numbers 18:7; Levites Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:47 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:2; with בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39, Numbers 4:43, Numbers 8:19, Numbers 8:22, Numbers 18:31; אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Exodus 30:16; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:6, Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:23, compare Exodus 35:21; Numbers 7:5; (ה)מִשְׁכָּן Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:8; Numbers 16:9; 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48], compare Exodus 27:19; Numbers 3:36; 1 Chronicles 23:26; הַקֹּדֶשׁ ע׳ Numbers 7:9, compare Numbers 3:31; of its court Numbers 3:26; more specifically משׂא ע׳ Numbers 4:47; צבא הע׳ Numbers 8:25; (ה)אלהים בית י׳ ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:35; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 35:2; Nehemiah 10:33 [Nehemiah 10:32]; בית האלהים מלאכת ע׳ 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; מעשׂה ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28; its service Ezekiel 44:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; specific service of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5673.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:27; 30:26; 30:26

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 2:23; 5:9; 5:11; 6:6; 6:9; 12:25; 12:26; 13:5; 27:19; 30:16; 30:16; 35:21; 35:24; 36:1; 36:3; 36:5; 38:21; 39:32; 39:40; 39:42

Leviticus

23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:35; 23:36; 25:39

Numbers

3:7; 3:8; 3:26; 3:31; 3:36; 4:4; 4:19; 4:23; 4:24; 4:26; 4:27; 4:28; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 4:33; 4:35; 4:39; 4:43; 4:47; 4:47; 4:49; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 8:11; 8:19; 8:22; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 16:9; 18:4; 18:6; 18:7; 18:21; 18:21; 18:23; 18:31; 28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

26:6

Joshua

22:27

1 Kings

12:4

1 Chronicles

4:21; 6:32; 6:32; 6:48; 6:48; 9:13; 9:19; 9:28; 23:24; 23:26; 23:28; 23:28; 23:32; 24:3; 24:19; 25:1; 25:6; 26:8; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:14; 28:14; 28:15; 28:20; 28:21; 29:7

2 Chronicles

8:14; 10:4; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8; 24:12; 29:35; 31:2; 31:16; 31:16; 31:21; 34:13; 35:2; 35:10; 35:15; 35:16

Ezra

8:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 5:18; 10:32; 10:37

Psalms

104:14; 104:23

Isaiah

14:3; 28:21; 32:17

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

29:18; 44:14

H5656

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Strong's Number H5656 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʿăḇōḏâ),
which occurs 145 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 29:27–Num 4:49)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - “Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service H5656 which you shall serve with me for another seven years.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - “Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service H5656 which I have [fn]rendered you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made their lives bitter with [fn]hard slave H5656 labor H5656 in mortar and bricks and in all kinds of slave H5656 labor H5656 in the field, all their slave H5656 labor H5656 which they brutally [fn]compelled them to do.

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Now it happened in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the slavery H5656, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their slavery H5656 rose up to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let their slavery H5656 be hard on the men, and let them work at it so that they will have no regard for false words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but no amount of your slave H5656 labor H5656 will be reduced.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their slavery H5656. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their weakness of spirit and [fn]hard slavery H5656.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:25 - “And it will be, when you enter the land which Yahweh will give you, as He has [fn]promised, you shall keep this new [fn]slavery H5656.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:26 - “And it will be when your children say to you, ‘[fn]What is the meaning of this new slavery H5656 to you?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when Yahweh brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall [fn]do this service H5656 in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service H5656, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service H5656 of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - And everyone whose heart [fn]stirred him and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the [fn]contribution to Yahweh for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service H5656 and for the holy garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who could raise up a [fn]contribution of silver and [fn]bronze brought the [fn]contribution to Yahweh; and every man [fn]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service H5656 brought it.

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“Now Bezalel and Oholiab and every person [fn]wise at heart, to whom Yahweh has given [fn]wisdom and discernment to know how to do all the work of the service H5656 of constructing the sanctuary, shall do in accordance with all that Yahweh has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses the entire [fn]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought [fn]to do the work in the service H5656 of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - and they said to [fn]Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service H5656 of the work H5656 which Yahweh commanded us to [fn]do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 -

These are the things numbered for the [fn]tabernacle, the [fn]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [fn]numbered according to the [fn]command of Moses, for the service H5656 of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Thus all the service H5656 of constructing the [fn]tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings for the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pegs, and all the [fn]equipment for the service H5656 of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:42 - Thus, according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did in all their service H5656.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - ‘On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - ‘But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious H5656 work.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; it shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no laborious H5656 work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your places of habitation throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - ‘You shall not do any laborious H5656 work, but you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - ‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious H5656 work of any kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - ‘For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 -

‘If a brother of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service H5656.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “And they shall keep his responsibility and the responsibility for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service H5656 of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the responsibility of the sons of Israel, to perform the service H5656 of the [fn]tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service H5656 [fn]concerning them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Now their responsibility involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service H5656 [fn]concerning them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - Now the appointed responsibility of the sons of Merari involved the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and the service H5656 concerning them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “This is the service H5656 of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - “But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and set each of them to his service H5656 and to his load;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall [fn]number them; all who enter to perform the duty of performing the service H5656 in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This is the service H5656 of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service H5656; and all that is to be done, [fn]they shall perform.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - “All the service H5656 of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their service H5656, shall be performed at the [fn]command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a responsibility all their loads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service H5656 of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their responsibilities shall be [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the duty of performing the service H5656 of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this is the responsibility of their loads, for all their service H5656 in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court and their bases and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service H5656; and you shall assign each man by name the items of the responsibility of [fn]his load.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service H5656 of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service H5656 in the tent of meeting, [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service H5656 in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service H5656 in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service H5656 in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to perform the work H5656 of service H5656 and the service H5656 of carrying in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the [fn]word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving H5656 or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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