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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... After he had taken the number of the Levites:
number all the firstborn of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
twenty and two thousand - A number on which the commutation with the firstborn of the twelve tribes depends Num 3:43-46.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 3:14-39
The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Numbers 3:21-39
The Levitical families and their duties.
Notice that narrativein Num 3:3 f., 27 f., 33 f., 39 alternates with commands…