Numbers 3:15
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.
Numbers 3:15 in other translations
| BSB | “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.” |
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| WEB | “Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.” |
| ASV | Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. |
| YLT | ‘Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.' |
| DARBY | Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. |
| BBE | Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Numbers 3:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14-31
14-31. 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39
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…
Numbers 3:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 3:15
- Numbers 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
- Mark 10:14
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- Numbers 3:39-40
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. And 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.
- Numbers 3:22
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.
- Numbers 3:28
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Numbers 18:15-16
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 3:43
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
- Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- Numbers 3:34
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
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Context
- Numbers 3:14
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
- Numbers 3:15
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.
- Numbers 3:16
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
Numbers 3:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuenta los hijos de Leví por las casas de sus padres, por sus familias: contarás todos los varones de un mes arriba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dénombre les fils de Lévi selon leurs maisons de pères, selon leurs familles: tu dénombreras tous les mâles depuis l’âge d’un mois et au-dessus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mustere die Söhne Levis nach ihren Vaterhäusern, nach ihren Familien; alle Männlichen von einem Monat und darüber sollst du sie mustern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias, omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra. |