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Numbers 3:28

Numbers 3:28 is verse 28 of Numbers chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts 8,300; see the total in verse 39.

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King James Version

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.

World English 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.

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Numbers 3:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible

26 the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.

27 From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

28 The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

30 and the leader of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 4:35

everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:36

And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.

Numbers 3:7

They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:31

Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.

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