Numbers 3:15
“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
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In Context
14The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
16Moses counted them according to the LORD’s word, as he was commanded.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted amongst them.
Numbers 3:28According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:39All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
Numbers 3:43All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.
Numbers 26:57These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
2 Chronicles 31:17and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by 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 →