Numbers 3 · Verse 34

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.
Numbers 3:34, King James Version

Numbers 3:34 in other translations

BSBThe number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
WEBThose who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, are six thousand and two hundred.
DARBYAnd those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
BBEThose who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Numbers 3:34 mean?

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 3:34 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.

וּפְקֻדֵיהֶם֙u.fe.ku.dei.Hemand enrolled [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
שֵׁ֥שֶׁתShe.shet[were] sixH8337
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
וּמָאתָֽיִם\׃u.ma.Ta.yimand two hundredH3967

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

Cross references for Numbers 3:34

  • Numbers 2:9

    All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

  • Numbers 2:11

    And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

  • Numbers 1:21

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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1:21; 2:9; 2:11

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Context

  • Numbers 3:33

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 3:35

    And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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Numbers 3:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los contados de ellos conforme á la cuenta de todos los varones de un mes arriba, fueron seis mil y doscientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ceux d’entre eux qui furent dénombrés, en comptant tous les mâles depuis l’âge d’un mois et au-dessus, furent 6 200.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihre Gemusterten nach der Zahl aller Männlichen von einem Monat und darüber: 6200.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, sex millia ducenti.