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.
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4 additional translationsAccording 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.
The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
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.
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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC