Numbers 4:48
New International Version
numbered 8,580.

New Living Translation
numbered 8,580.

English Standard Version
those listed were 8,580.

Berean Standard Bible
And the number of men was 8,580.

King James Bible
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

New King James Version
those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

New American Standard Bible
their numbered men were 8,580.

NASB 1995
Their numbered men were 8,580.

NASB 1977
And their numbered men were 8,580.

Legacy Standard Bible
their numbered men were 8,580.

Amplified Bible
the men that were numbered were 8,580.

Christian Standard Bible
Their registered men numbered 8,580.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their registered men numbered 8,580.

American Standard Version
even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Eight thousand and five hundred and eighty.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

English Revised Version
even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

GOD'S WORD® Translation


International Standard Version
was 8,580.

JPS Tanakh 1917
even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

Literal Standard Version
even their numbered ones are eight thousand and five hundred and eighty;

Majority Standard Bible
And the number of men was 8,580.

New American Bible
their total enrollment was eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

NET Bible
those of them numbered were 8,580.

New Revised Standard Version
their enrollment was eight thousand five hundred eighty.

New Heart English Bible
even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty.

World English Bible
even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

Young's Literal Translation
even their numbered ones are eight thousand and five hundred and eighty;

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Context
The Numbering of the Levite Clans
47from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting. 48And the number of men was 8,580. 49At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.…

Cross References
Numbers 3:39
The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD's command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

Numbers 4:47
from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.

1 Chronicles 23:3
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.


Treasury of Scripture

Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore,

Numbers 3:39
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

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Numbers 4
1. The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service
4. The duty of the Kohathites
16. The charge of Eleazar
17. The office of the priests
21. The duty of the Gershonites
29. Of the Merarites
34. The number of the Kohathites
38. Of the Gershonites
42. And of the Merarites














(48) Eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.--This number of men between the ages of twenty and fifty bears a just proportion to that of all the males from a month old and upwards--viz., 22,000.

Verse 48. - Those that were numbered of them were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. The census of each family is described in the same form of words with much particularity. No doubt it was carried out with extreme solicitude, as made for a purpose especially sacred and important. The results are remarkable in more ways than one. The following table presents the numbers in each family above one month, and between the ages of thirty and fifty. Kohath, 86002750percent 32
Gershon, 75002630 35
Merari, 62003200 5122,800858038The first conclusion which naturally arises from these figures is, that after all the numbering must have been made by tens, and not by individuals. As it was impossible that 3000 persons could be employed in carrying the various portions of the tabernacle, it may be that each group of ten undertook a unit of responsibility. The second consideration is, that the average of men between thirty and fifty in all Levi is higher than modern statistics show (it is said to be twenty-five per cent. now in the whole population), although not very materially. The third is, that this average is very unequally distributed, rising to a most remarkable proportion in the case of Merari. It is quite clear that something must have disturbed the relative numbers as between the Merarites and the other families. It has been suggested that the small number of male Levites generally, and the small number of male Kohathites, between thirty and fifty especially, may have been caused by heavy losses incurred in carrying out the Divine sentence upon the worshippers of the golden calf (Exodus 32). But -

1. The slow increase of Levi continued to be very observable down to the time of David; while the other tribes grew from 600,000 to 1,300,000, he only increased to 38,000 (1 Chronicles 23:3).

2. The average of males over thirty is already higher among the Kohathites than might have been expected; it is the largeness of the number, not the smallness, which needs to be explained.

3. It is Merari, and not Kohath, that is markedly distinguished from the other two: there is little difference between Kohath and Gershon. It is evident that something must have happened to the tribe of Levi, and in especial to the family of Merari, to reduce very greatly the number of births within the last thirty years. We do not know what the causes were, or why they should have pressed much more heavily on one tribe, or one family, than on another; but it is easy to see that many such causes may have acted, and acted unequally, under the cruel tyranny of Pharaoh. The children may have been systematically slaughtered, or marriages may have largely ceased, while Moses was in the land of Midian. If this were generally the case, it would much diminish the estimated total of the nation, and still more the estimated difficulties of the march.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And
וַיִּהְי֖וּ (way·yih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the number of men
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם (pə·qu·ḏê·hem)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

was 8,580.
שְׁמֹנַ֣ת (šə·mō·naṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth


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