Numbers 4:40
in Numbers 4And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
KJV
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA 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.
This site's exposition
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation
on Numbers 4:34-41
Kohath yields 2,750 men of working age and Gershon 2,630. Against the 8,600 and 7,500 counted in chapter 3, about a third of each family falls inside the window from thirty to fifty.
This site's exposition
totaled 2,630
Gershon had 7,500 males at Numbers 3:22, and 2,630 of them fell inside the working window. Adam Clarke counts the remaining 4,870 as too young or too old. Gershon handled the fabric with the smallest crew of the three.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Even those that were numbered of them,.... See Gill on Num 4:34;
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם | pekudeihem | enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אַלְפַּ֕יִם | ʾalpayim | two thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃ | usheloshim | and thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙and they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔םenrolled [men] their
pekudeihemH6485 →303 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֑םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
אַלְפַּ֕יִםtwo thousand
ʾalpayimH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃and thirty
usheloshimH7970 →172 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 3:32The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:25–28
Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor.
- Numbers 4:27
All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible…
- 1 Chronicles 9:14–20
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
- 1 Chronicles 26:20–24
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Numbers 20:25–28
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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.