Numbers 4:36
in Numbers 4And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
KJV
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThose that were numbered - In Num 3:27, etc., we have an account of the whole number of the Levites, and here of those only who were able to serve the Lord in the sanctuary. By comparing the two places we find the numbers to stand thus: - Levite Family Able Men Unable Men Total Kohathites 2,750 5,850 8,600 Gershonites 2,630 4,870 7,500 Merarites 3,200 3,000 6,200 Thus we find that the whole number of the Levites amounted to 22,300, of whom 3,580 were fit for service, and 13,720 unfit, being either too old or too young.
This site's exposition
Moses and Aaron and the chief
on Numbers 4:34-41
Kohath yields two thousand seven hundred and fifty men of working age and Gershon two thousand six hundred and thirty. Set against Numbers 3, where the whole families from a month old came to eight thousand six hundred for Kohath and seven thousand five hundred for Gershon, about a third of each family falls inside the window from thirty to fifty. Each count closes with the same refrain, according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses, which is how the chapter says that the arrangement came from God rather than from the men carrying it out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And those that were numbered of them by their families,.... See Gill on Num 4:34.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֥וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פְקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם | fekudeihem | enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| אַלְפַּ֕יִם | ʾalpayim | two thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| שְׁבַ֥ע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
וַיִּהְי֥וּand they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
פְקֻדֵיהֶ֖םenrolled [men] their
fekudeihemH6485 →303 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
אַלְפַּ֕יִםtwo thousand
ʾalpayimH505 →505 times
שְׁבַ֥עseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃and fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.