Numbers 3:34

34 The males who were one month and older numbered 6,200.

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 Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised the leaders of the Levites and those in charge of the Sanctuary.
33 Merari was ancestor to the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites, known as the Merarite clans.
34 The males who were one month and older numbered 6,200.
35 They were led by Zuriel son of Abihail and camped on the north side of The Dwelling.
36 The Merarites were in charge of the frames of The Dwelling, its crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment - everything having to do with these things,
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