Numbers 3:15
“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
Numbers 3:28The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:39The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
Numbers 3:43The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
Numbers 26:57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
2 Chronicles 31:17and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their responsibilities and 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 →