Numbers 4:48

Numbers 4:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
• New International Version (NIV)numbered 8,580.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed were 8,580.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

Context of Numbers 4:48

46Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral families, 47from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified to do the work of serving at the tent of meeting and transporting it. Their registered men numbered 8,580. 49At the Lord’s command they were registered under the direction of Moses, each one according to his work and transportation duty, and his assignment was as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 4:48 word by word

וַיִּהְי֖וּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁמֹנַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of them, were eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084

Cross-references for Numbers 4:48

• Numbers 3:39The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the Lord’s command was 22,000.
• Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
• Matthew 20:16“So the last will be first, and the first last.”
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him by what he said.

Commentaries on Numbers 4:48

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-49Verses 34-49 God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give strength in proportion to the work, and grace sufficient. The least of the tribes had many more able men than the Levites: those who engage in the service of this world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God. May our souls be wholly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-49The numbering and recording the Levites' names and ensuring each man understood his task was crucial. This helped properly organize Israel for travel and camping and protected the Tent of Meeting.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-4934-49. Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe. In considering their relative numbers, the wisdom of Divine Providence appears in…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 4:48

• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Appoint
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• Kohathites
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• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Alexander
• Apocrypha
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Commentaries on Numbers 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings