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Numbers 3:39 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 39
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.Numbers 3:39 · King James Version
Numbers 3:39 in context
37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
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The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-39