Numbers 3:28

According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

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WEBBE

According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

BSB

The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

KJV

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

ASV

According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

BBE

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

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בְּמִסְפַּר be·mis·par by [the] number of H4557 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 זָכָר za·khar male H2145 מִבֶּן־ mi·ben- from a son of H1121 חֹדֶשׁ cho·desh a month H2320 וָמָעְלָה va·ma·'e·lah and up -wards H4605 שְׁמֹנַת she·mo·nat eight H8083 אֲלָפִים 'a·la·fim thousand(s) H505 וְשֵׁשׁ ve·shesh and six H8337 מֵאוֹת me·'ot hundred(s) H3967 שֹׁמְרֵי sho·me·rei [were] [the] keepers of H8104 מִשְׁמֶרֶת mish·me·ret [the] duty of H4931 הַקֹּדֶשׁ ha·ko·desh the holy place H6944

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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