Numbers 3:15 - Easy To Read Version “Count all the families and family groups in Levi’s family group. Count every man or boy that is a month old or older.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number. American Standard Version (1901) Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. Common English Bible Enroll the Levites by their households and their clans. You will enroll all the males over one month old. Catholic Public Domain Version "Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and above." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward. |
The priests were given their part of the collection. This was done by families, in the way they were listed in the family histories. The Levites 20 years old and older were given their part of the collection. This was done by their responsibilities and by their groups.
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You and Aaron must count all the men of Israel who are 20 years old or older. (These are the men who serve in the army of Israel.) List them by their group. [2]
The families from the Levi family group were not counted with the other people of Israel.
They also counted Levi’s family group. These are the families from Levi’s family group:
The total number of men from Levi’s family group was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other people of Israel. They did not get a share of the land that the Lord gave to the other people.
There were 7,500 men and boys over one month old in these two family groups.
In this family group there were 8,300 [36] men and boys a month old or over. The Kohathite people were given the job of taking care of {the things in} the holy place.
Moses listed all the firstborn men and boys that were one month old or older. There were 22,273 names on that list.
Jesus saw what happened. He did not like his followers telling the children not to come. Jesus said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to people that are like these little children.