Numbers 3:28
“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.”
Numbers 3:28 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- 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.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- 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.
- DARBYDarby
- According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- 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.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, are eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- 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.
Context: Numbers 3
26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
About Numbers 3: The Levites
A second census is taken of the Levites, and their duties in serving the Tabernacle are outlined.
Commentary
In Numbers 3, we see the Lord instructing Moses to take a census of the Levites, who were to serve as the priests of Israel. The Lord commands that all males from the age of one month and older were to be counted. The Lord then instructs Moses to assign the Levites to the service of the tabernacle, and to assign them to the various tasks of the tabernacle. The Lord also commands that the Levites were to be redeemed from the other tribes of Israel, and that they were to be given to Aaron and his sons as a special gift from the Lord.