Numbers 3:22

22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

Numbers 3:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:22

Those that were numbered of them
Of the two families that sprung from Gershon: according to the number of all the males, from a month old and
upwards:
in the said families; [even] those that were numbered of them, [were] seven thousand and
five hundred;
7,500 men, which was neither the least nor the largest number of the sons of Levi.

Numbers 3:22 In-Context

20 The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.

22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

24 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershoni shall be Elyasaf the son of La'el.