Numbers 3:15
“Count the descendants of Levi in each family, in their clans. Count every male who is one month old and older.”
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In Context
14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. He said,
16Moses counted them, following the word of Yahweh, just as he was commanded to do.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47But the men who were descended from Levi were not counted,
Numbers 3:288,600 males have been counted aged one month old and older to take care of the things that belong to Yahweh.
Numbers 3:39Moses and Aaron counted all the males in the clans of Levi who were aged one month old and older, just as Yahweh commanded. They counted twenty-two thousand men.
Numbers 3:43He counted all the firstborn males by name, aged one month old and older. He counted 22,273 men.
Numbers 26:57The Levite clans, counted clan by clan, were these: 1 Through Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites, 1 through Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites, 1 through Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
2 Chronicles 31:17They distributed to the priests according to the records of their ancestors, and the same to the Levites twenty years old and more, according to their offices and 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 →