Numbers 3:15
Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,
16So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
Numbers 3:28Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.
Numbers 3:39All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.
Numbers 3:43Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.
Numbers 26:57These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
2 Chronicles 31:17And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;
Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →