There were 6,200 males one month old or older among these Merarite clans.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
- BSB The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
- ESV Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 6,200.
- NKJV And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.
- NASB Their numbered men in the counting of every male from a month old and upward: 6,200.
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Quick answer
The Merarites numbered 6,200 males from a month old. The census records the clan's strength for its service.
Overview
This gives the count of Merarite males devoted to God as part of the firstborn substitution. The figure measured the workforce available for their heavy structural duties. The careful number again reflects God's provision of servants suited to their task.
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- Num 2:11His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Num 2:9All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
- Num 1:21those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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