Numbers 4:48
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
Numbers 4:48 in other translations
| BSB | And the number of men was 8,580. |
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| WEB | even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty. |
| ASV | even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. |
| YLT | even their numbered ones are eight thousand and five hundred and eighty; |
| DARBY | even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. |
| BBE | Came to eight thousand, five hundred and eighty. |
| Webster | Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. |
What does Numbers 4:48 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…
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…
Numbers 4:48 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 4:48
- Numbers 3:39
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.
- Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 22:15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
- Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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Context
- Numbers 4:47
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
- Numbers 4:48
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
- Numbers 4:49
According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 4:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los contados de ellos fueron ocho mil quinientos y ochenta, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – les dénombrés, furent 8 580. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ihrer Gemusterten waren 8580. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | fuerunt simul octo millia quingenti octoginta. |