Numbers 3:15

“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”

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WEBBE

“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”

BSB

“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”

KJV

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

ASV

Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

BBE

Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.

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פְּקֹד pe·kod enroll H6485 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] descendants of H1121 לֵוִי le·vi Levi H3878 לְבֵית le·veit to [the] house of H1004 אֲבֹתָם 'a·vo·tam ancestors their H1 לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם le·mish·pe·cho·tam to clans their H4940 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 זָכָר za·khar male H2145 מִבֶּן־ mi·ben- from a son of H1121 חֹדֶשׁ cho·desh a month H2320 וָמַעְלָה va·ma'·lah and up -wards H4605 תִּפְקְדֵם tif·ke·dem you will enroll them H6485

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little flock in comparison with the world.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.