Numbers 3 · Verse 22

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 3:22, King James Version

Numbers 3:22 in other translations

BSB	The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.
WEB	Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
ASV	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.
YLT	Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones are seven thousand and five hundred.
DARBY	Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
BBE	Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.
Webster	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.

What does Numbers 3:22 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 22 Seven thousand and five hundred - Perhaps originally ר resh, 200, instead of ך caph, 500; see the following note Num 3:39 (note).

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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…

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Numbers 3:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פְּקֻדֵיהֶם֙pe.ku.dei.Hemenrolled [men] theirH6485

בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbe.mis.Parby [the] number ofH4557

כָּל\־kol-everyH3605

זָכָ֔רza.KharmaleH2145

מִבֶּן\־mi.ben-from a son ofH1121

חֹ֖דֶשׁCho.desha monthH2320

וָמָ֑עְלָהva.Ma.'e.lahand up -wardsH4605

פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔םpe.Ku.dei.Hemenrolled [men] theirH6485

שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'At[were] sevenH7651

אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505

וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.Meshand fiveH2568

מֵאֽוֹת\׃me.'othundred<s>H3967

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 3:22

Numbers 4:38-40
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

from a month old.The males of all the other tribes were numbered from twenty years old and upwards; but, had the Levites been numbered in this way, they would not have been nearly equal in number to the first-born of the twelve tribes. Add to this, that as there must have been first-born of all ages in the other tribes, it was necessary that the Levites, who were to be their substitutes, should also be of all ages; and it appears to have been partly on this ground, that the Levites were numbered from a month old and upwards.
4:38-40

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Context

Numbers 3:21
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
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 3:23
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

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Numbers 3:22 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los contados de ellos conforme á la cuenta de todos los varones de un mes arriba, los contados de ellos, siete mil y quinientos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	ceux d’entre eux qui furent dénombrés, en comptant tous les mâles depuis l’âge d’un mois et au-dessus, ceux qui furent dénombrés furent 7 500.
German Elberfelder 1871	Ihre Gemusterten nach der Zahl aller Männlichen von einem Monat und darüber, ihre Gemusterten: 7500.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra, septem millia quingenti.