Numbers 3:15
Number thou the sons of Levi, by their ancestral houses, by their families,—every male, from one month old and upwards, shalt thou number them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, in the desert of Sinai, saying:—
16So then Moses numbered them according to the bidding of Yahweh,—as he was commanded.
Cross References
Numbers 1:47But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.
Numbers 3:28In, the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, there were eight thousand and six hundred, to keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:39All they who were numbered of the Levites whom Moses [and Aaron] numbered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families,—every male, from one month old and upwards, were two-and-twenty thousand.
Numbers 3:43And it was so—that all the firstborn of the males in the counting of names from one month old and upwards of such as were numbered of them,—were two-and-twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.
Numbers 26:57And these, are they who were numbered of the Levites by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites.
2 Chronicles 31:17both the registering of the priests, by their ancestral houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,—in their watches, in their courses;
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 →