1 Chronicles 23:3
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
In other translations
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Hebrew words
וַיִּסָּפְרוּvaiyisaferuand they were countedH5608הַלְוִיִּםhalviyimthe LevitesH3881מִבֶּןmibenfrom a son ofH1121שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyH7970שָׁנָהshanahyear[s]H8141וָמָעְלָהvama'elahand up -wardsH4605וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961מִסְפָּרָםmisparamnumber theirH4557לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָםlegulgelotamto skulls theirH1538לִגְבָרִיםligvarimto menH1397שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyH7970וּשְׁמוֹנָהushemonahand eightH8083אָלֶף׃'alefthousandH505
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Related verses
- 1 Chronicles 23:24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
- Numbers 4:2-492 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:2 “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families, 3 men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4 This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things. 5 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
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