Bible Strands
Numbers 3:15
“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, issuing a direct command to conduct a census of the Levitical population.
The words — פְּקֹד (pe.Kod) translates to enroll or number, instructing Moses to systematically count the descendants of Levi according to their family houses and clans.
The thread — This census directive reappears in Numbers 26:62, which records the finalized count of 23,000 Levite males aged a month or older.
Why it lands — The text explicitly requires an exact, age-specific inventory of God's people, demanding the reader acknowledge the structured accountability inherent in divine census orders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:62 The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
- Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Numbers 1:47 The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- Numbers 3:22 The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.
- Numbers 3:28 The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:34 The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
- Numbers 3:39 The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
- Numbers 3:43 The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
- Numbers 18:15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.