Numbers 3:28
What does Numbers 3:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 3:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000According 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901According 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Those 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, <FI>are<Fi> eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890According 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.
Context
v.27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
v.28This passage
v.29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 3:31
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
- Numbers 3:7
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 4:35
from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:
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