28According 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.


In Context

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.

26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the court, which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof for all its service.

27 And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

28 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.

29 The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

30 And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Numbers 3:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:28The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:28All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:28According 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:28According 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28In the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28According 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, are eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.