Numbers 3:22

Numbers 3:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 7,500.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above—of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.

Context of Numbers 3:22

20and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. 21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500. 23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, 24and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Numbers 3:22 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶם֙ בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר כָּל־זָכָ֔ר מִבֶּן־חֹ֖דֶשׁ וָמָ֑עְלָה פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Their numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• men, in the numberingמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• from a monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• 7,500שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• 7,500אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 7,500חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• 7,500מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 3:22

• Numbers 4:38The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Commentaries on Numbers 3:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Seven thousand and five hundred - Perhaps originally ר resh, 200, instead of ך caph, 500; see the following note Numbers 3:39; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-39This first phase of a two-part registration of the tribe of Levi summarized each family's special duties. 4:1–33 describes this in more detail (see 4:34–49 for the second phase). This count did not relate to military duties, so it included male Levites from the age of one month (3:40–41). Three family groups descend from the three sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These clans, often called the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites, later…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-3114-31. Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Nu 1:3], from which the Levites were totally…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 3:22

• Census
• Gershon
• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Chief
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• Secure
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Commentaries on Numbers 3

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings