Numbers 4:36 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 4:36

And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Those 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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּהְי֥וּ	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
פְקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם	fe.ku.dei.Hem	enrolled [men] their	H6485 →
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם	le.mish.pe.cho.Tam	to clans their	H4940 →
אַלְפַּ֕יִם	'al.Pa.yim	two thousand	H505 →
שְׁבַ֥ע	she.Va'	seven	H7651 →
מֵא֖וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃	va.cha.mi.Shim	and fifty	H2572 →

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