Numbers 3:22

The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator records a census count for the Gershonite clans of Levi during the wilderness journey following the tabernacle's assembly.

The words — The Hebrew term פְּקֻדֵי (pekudei) denotes those formally enrolled or registered, appearing alongside בְּמִסְפַּר (bemispār) to indicate a precise tally.

The thread — This headcount reappears in Numbers 4:38, where the Gershonites are again enumerated by their clans and families.

Why it lands — The text establishes the exact number of eligible males to determine their assigned camp position and operational responsibilities.

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The Hebrew words

פְּקֻדֵיהֶם֙pe.ku.dei./Hemenrolled [men]/ their בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbe./mis.Parby/ [the] number of כָּל־kol-every זָכָ֔רza.Kharmale מִבֶּן־mi./ben-from/ a son of חֹ֖דֶשׁCho.desha month וָמָ֑עְלָהva./Ma.'e.la/hand/ up/ -wards פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔םpe.Ku.dei./Hemenrolled [men]/ their שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'At[were] seven אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva./cha.Meshand/ five מֵאֽוֹת׃me.'othundred<s>

King James Version

Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

Cross-references

Numbers 4:38 Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,