Numbers 4 · Verse 44

Numbers 4:44

Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 4:44, King James Version

Numbers 4:44 in other translations

BSBThe men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.
WEBeven those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
ASVeven those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
YLTeven their numbered ones, by their families, are three thousand and two hundred.
DARBYeven those that were numbered of them according to their families, were three thousand two hundred.
BBEWho were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.
WebsterEven those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

What does Numbers 4:44 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:34-49

34-49. Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, &c.--This enumeration was made on a different principle from that which is recorded in the preceding chapter [Nu 3:15]. That was confined to the males from a month old and upward, while this was extended to all capable of service in the three classes of the Levitical tribe. In considering their relative numbers, the wisdom…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:34-49

God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give strength in proportion to the work, and grace sufficient. The least of the tribes had many more able men than the Levites: those who engage in the service of this world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God…

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Numbers 4:44 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.

וַיִּהְי֥וּvai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
פְקֻדֵיהֶ֖םfe.ku.dei.Hemenrolled [men] theirH6485
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
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 4:44

  • 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:8-12

    For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. …

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  • Deuteronomy 33:25

    Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The family of Merari, though smaller than either of the other families of Levi, yet had a greater number of able men than any of them; for out of 6,200 males of a month old and upwards, we find 3,200 who were neither too young nor too old for the service of the sanctuary; which was more than one-half of their whole number. In this the wisdom and providence of God appear most conspicuously; for the Merarites were charged with the heaviest part of the sanctuary, as the boards, bars, sockets, etc; and though waggons were afterwards provided for them, yet the loading and unloading of the sockets, and other things of great weight, would require much strength, both bodily and numerical. (Compare ver. 36, 40, with ch. 3:22, 28, 24.) Thus God ever manifests his wisdom, in fitting men for the work to which they are appointed, whether with respect to number or gifts: "For to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another faith, by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing, by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."
3:34; De 33:25; 1Co 10:13; 12:8-12; 2Co 12:9,10

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Context

  • Numbers 4:43

    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,

  • Numbers 4:44

    Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

  • Numbers 4:45

    These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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Numbers 4:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los contados de ellos, por sus familias, fueron tres mil y doscientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		leurs dénombrés, selon leurs familles, furent 3 200.
German
Elberfelder 1871		es waren ihrer Gemusterten, nach ihren Familien, 3200.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et inventi sunt tria millia ducenti.