Numbers 3:28

All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

In Context

27Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:

29And shall camp on the south side.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:31And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

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 →

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