Numbers 3:34

34 The {ones counted} according to the number of every male from {one month} and above [were] six thousand two hundred.

Numbers 3:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:34

And those that were numbered of them
Of the above two families:

according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
[were] six thousand and two hundred;
6,200 men; the least number of them all.

Numbers 3:34 In-Context

32 The {chief of the leaders} of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest [who had] oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

33 {To Merari belonged} the clan of Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these [are] the clans of Merari.

34 The {ones counted} according to the number of every male from {one month} and above [were] six thousand two hundred.

35 [The] leader of {the family} according to the clans of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north.

36 The responsibility of the sons of Merari [was] the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the ones counted of them," or "the ones mustered of them"
• [b] Literally "the son of a month"