Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Eight thousand

Keeping

General references

Bible References

Eight thousand

Numbers 4:35
men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.

Keeping

Numbers 3:7
They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

General references

Numbers 3:15
“Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

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