Numbers 3:15
“Register the Levites by their father's line and family. Count every male aged one month or older.”
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In Context
14The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert. He told him,
16So Moses registered them following the Lord's instructions, just as he had been told.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47However, the Levites were not registered with the others according to their tribe and families.
Numbers 3:28The total of all males aged one month or older was 8,600. Their assigned responsibility was to take care of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:39The sum total of Levites registered by Moses and Aaron as the Lord ordered was 22,000. This included all males aged one month or older.
Numbers 3:43The sum total of the firstborn males a month old or more, registered by name, was 22,273.
Numbers 26:57These were the Levites censused by family: Gershon, ancestor of the Gershonite family; Kohath, ancestor of the Kohathite family; and Merari, ancestor of the Merarite family.
2 Chronicles 31:17They also gave allowances to the priests listed by family in the genealogy, and to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to the responsibilities of 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 →