Numbers 3:28
in Numbers 3The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites
on Numbers 3:27-28
Kohath's four families number eight thousand six hundred, the largest of the three houses. The Amramites are the family of Moses and Aaron, and the Izeharites are the family of Korah, whom Numbers 16:1 traces through Izhar back to Kohath. The men who will carry the holy furniture and the man who will challenge the priesthood come out of the same house of Levi.
This site's exposition
They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary
John Wesley reads the sanctuary here as the holy things kept in it, and the duty as an appointment each boy took up when able. Kohath's 8,600 is the largest Levite house. At Numbers 4:36, 2,750 of them were of serving age.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Keeping - That is, appointed for that work, as soon as they were capable of it. Of the sanctuary - That is, of the holy things contained in or belonging to the sanctuary.
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upwards, were eight thousand and six hundred,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּמִסְפַּר֙ | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זָכָ֔ר | zakhar | male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| מִבֶּן־ | miben- | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֹ֖דֶשׁ | chodesh | a month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| וָמָ֑עְלָה | vamaelah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| שְׁמֹנַ֤ת | shemonat | eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| אֲלָפִים֙ | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֔וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שֹׁמְרֵ֖י | shomerei | [were] [the] keepers of | H8104 → | 468 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת | mishmeret | [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
בְּמִסְפַּר֙by [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
זָכָ֔רmale
zakharH2145 →82 times
מִבֶּן־from a son of
miben-H1121 →4930 times
חֹ֖דֶשׁa month
chodeshH2320 →284 times
וָמָ֑עְלָהand up -wards
vamaelahH4605 →140 times
שְׁמֹנַ֤תeight
shemonatH8083 →109 times
אֲלָפִים֙thousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֣שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֔וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י[were] [the] keepers of
shomereiH8104 →468 times
מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת[the] duty of
mishmeretH4931 →78 times
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃the holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 3:7They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:50
Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp…
- Numbers 8:15
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 8:11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
- Numbers 1:50
Through
Numbers 3:31Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
it leads to
- Exodus 37:1
Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 26:31–33
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 40:30
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
- Exodus 39:33–42
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
- Exodus 36:35–36
Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 37:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.