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Numbers 4:48

in Numbers 4

And the number of men was 8,580.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

KJV

Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

This verse in Numbers 4

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

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

7 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּהְי֖וּand they were

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑םenrolled [men] their

    pekudeihemH6485 →303 times

  • שְׁמֹנַ֣תeight

    shemonatH8083 →109 times

  • אֲלָפִ֔יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five

    vachameshH2568 →343 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וּשְׁמֹנִֽים׃and eighty

    ushemonimH8084 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Matthew 7:14

    But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 22:14

      For many are called, but few are chosen.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Luke 13:23–30

      “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

    • Matthew 16:24–25

      Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

    • Romans 12:2

      Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…

    • Isaiah 35:8

      And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.

  • Through

    Matthew 20:16

    So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 19:30

      But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

    • Mark 10:31

      But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

    • Luke 13:28–30

      There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).