Numbers 3:34
Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
World English Bible (Public Domain)
In context
Before · Numbers 3:32–33
32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary. 33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
34Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
After · Numbers 3:35–36
35The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
Notes and cross references in the WEB
- Footnote+ 22,000 is the sum rounded to 2 significant digits. The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300, but the traditional Hebrew text has the number rounded to 2 significant digits, not 3 significant digits.