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Numbers 3:21

What does Numbers 3:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 3:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Of Gershon <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Context

v.20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

v.21This passage

v.22Those 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.

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