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.


In Context

25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

27 Of Kohath was 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, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

30 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be 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 Darby 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, who kept 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 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.