Numbers 3:15
Count the Bnei Levi by the bais of their avot, by their mishpekhot; every zachar from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, saying,
16And Moshe numbered them according to the command of Hashem, as he had been commanded.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47But the Levi'im after the tribe of their avot were not numbered among them.
Numbers 3:28In the number of all the zachar, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, shomrei mishmeret haKodesh.
Numbers 3:39All that were counted of the Levi'im, which Moshe and Aharon numbered at the command of Hashem, by their mishpekhot, all the zachar from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Numbers 3:43And it came about that all the bechor zachar by the number of shmot, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Numbers 26:57And these are they that were numbered of the Levi'im after their Mishpekhot: of Gershon, the Mishpakhat HaGershuni; of Kehat, the Mishpakhat HaKehati; of Merari, the Mishpakhat HaMerari.
2 Chronicles 31:17Both to the genealogy of the Kohanim by the Bais Avoteihem, and the Levi'im from twenty years old and upward, in their mishmerot by their machlekot (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 →