Numbers 3:28

In those four clans there were 8,600 males who were at least one month old. The work of the men of the clans was to take care of the things that are inside the Sacred Tent.

Translation for Translators

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

27The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

29They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:31The work of the men of those clans was to take care of the sacred chest, the table on which the priest put the sacred bread, the lampstand, the altars, all the items that the priest used in the Sacred Tent, and the curtain that is inside the tent. Their work was also to take care of the things inside the tent.

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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