Numbers 3:28
“In the number of all the males, from a moneth olde and vpward, were eight thousand, and sixe hundred, keeping the charge of the Sanctuary.”
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Numbers 3:28 Context
26And the hangings of the Court, and the curtaine for the doore of the court, which is by the Tabernacle, and by the Altar round about, and the cords of it, for all the seruice therof. 27¶ And of Kohath was the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28In the number of all the males, from a moneth olde and vpward, were eight thousand, and sixe hundred, keeping the charge of the Sanctuary. 29The families of the sonnes of Kohath, shall pitch on the side of the Tabernacle Southward. 30And the chiefe of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shalbe Elizaphan the sonne of Uzziel.
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Other Translations for Numbers 3:28
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- King James Version
In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, {there were} 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.
- Basic English Bible
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.
- Darby Bible
In the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Webster's Bible
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
- World English Bible
In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Youngs Literal Bible
according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 3:28
3:28 Keeping - That is, appointed for that work, as soon as they were capable of it. Of the sanctuary - That is, of the holy things contained in or belonging to the sanctuary.