Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The total number of all the Levite males one month old or older that Moses enrolled by clans at the command of the LORD, was 22,000. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand. 7500, the Kohathites 8600, and the Merarites 6200, which make a total of 22,300. Several methods of solving this difficulty have been proposed by learned men. Houbigant supposes there is an error in the enumeration of the Kohathites in ver. Numbers 3:28 All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary, ; the numeral shesh, 'six,' being written instead of shalosh, 'three', before 'hundred.' Dr. Kennicott's mode of reconciling the discrepancy, however, is the most simple. He supposes that an error has crept into the number of the Gershonites in ver. Numbers 3:22 Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred. , where instead of 7500 we should read 7200, as caph final, which stands for 500, might have been easily mistaken for resh, 200. (Dr. Kennicott on the Hebrew Text, vol. Numbers 3:11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: , p.212.) Either of these modes will equally reconcile the difference. Numbers 4:47,48 From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, that go into the ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry the burdens, . . . Numbers 26:62 And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest. Matthew 7:14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it! Context Moses and Aaron38Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death. 39All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand. Cross References Numbers 3:43 And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. Numbers 4:48 Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty. Numbers 26:62 And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest. Jump to Previous Aaron Clans Command Commandment Counted Families Including Levites Male Males Month Moses Numbered Order Thousand Throughout Total Twenty Twenty-Two UpwardJump to Next Aaron Clans Command Commandment Counted Families Including Levites Male Males Month Moses Numbered Order Thousand Throughout Total Twenty Twenty-Two UpwardLinks Numbers 3:39 NIVNumbers 3:39 NLT Numbers 3:39 ESV Numbers 3:39 NASB Numbers 3:39 Bible Apps Numbers 3:39 Biblia Paralela Numbers 3:39 Chinese Bible Numbers 3:39 French Bible Numbers 3:39 German Bible Alphabetical: a Aaron according All and at by clans command counted every families from including Levites LORD Lord's male men month more Moses number numbered of old or The their to total upward was were whom OT Law: Numbers 3:39 All who were numbered of the Levites (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |