Numbers 3:39

All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

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WEBBE

All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

BSB

The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

KJV

All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

ASV

All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

BBE

All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

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כָּל־ kol- all H3605 פְּקוּדֵי pe·ku·dei [those] enrolled of H6485 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher whom H834 פָּקַד pa·kad he enrolled H6485 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 וְׄאַׄהֲׄרֹׄןׄ ve·'a·ha·ron and Aaron H175 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 פִּי pi [the] mouth of H6310 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 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 שְׁנַיִם she·na·yim [were] two H8147 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and twenty H6242 אָלֶף ס 'a·lef thousand H505

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.