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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />counted by their clans and families, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />and the total number came to 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />those listed by their clans and their fathers’ houses were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />those who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Their numbered men by their families, by their fathers&#8217 households, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />the men who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men registered by their clans and their ancestral families numbered 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The men registered by their clans and their ancestral houses numbered 2,630. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The total of those who were registered was 2,630. They were listed by families and households.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 2,630 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they being reviewed according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, shall be two thousand six hundred and thirty.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they were found two thousand six hundred and thirty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there were found two thousand six hundred thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />their enrollment by clans and ancestral houses was two thousand six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />their enrollment by their clans and their ancestral houses was two thousand six hundred thirty.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And their number by their families and by the house of their fathers was two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And this is their number by their families by the house of their fathers: two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, <i>was</i> two thousand six hundred and thirty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/4-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=1387" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/4.htm">The Numbering of the Levite Clans</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">39</span>everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·yih·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And those</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: pə·qu·ḏê·hem (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">numbered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">by their clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and families</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’al·pa·yim (Number-md) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">totaled 2,630.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: wə·šêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: ū·šə·lō·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth."></a> </span><span class="reftext">41</span>These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/3-12.htm">Numbers 3:12-13</a></span><br />“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me, / for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24-26</a></span><br />“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting. / But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve. / After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24-32</a></span><br />These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD. / For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever. / So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/38-25.htm">Exodus 38:25-28</a></span><br />The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— / a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men. / The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-33</a></span><br />Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. / If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value. / Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-48.htm">1 Chronicles 6:48-49</a></span><br />Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God. / But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-28.htm">1 Chronicles 9:28-32</a></span><br />Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out. / Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices. / And some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-2.htm">2 Chronicles 31:2-3</a></span><br />Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling. / The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-44.htm">Nehemiah 12:44-47</a></span><br />And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving. / They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed. / For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Hebrews 9:6-7</a></span><br />When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties. / But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a></span><br />Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm">Acts 6:4</a></span><br />and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/3-32.htm">Numbers 3:32</a></b></br> And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest <i>shall be</i> chief over the chief of the Levites, <i>and have</i> the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Clans</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Households</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/4-36.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/numbers/4-36.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/numbers/4-37.htm">Order</a> <a href="/numbers/3-34.htm">Six</a> <a href="/numbers/4-35.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/numbers/4-36.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Throughout</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/4-41.htm">Clans</a> <a href="/numbers/4-41.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/numbers/4-41.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Households</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/4-44.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/4-41.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/numbers/4-44.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Order</a> <a href="/numbers/7-3.htm">Six</a> <a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/numbers/4-44.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">Throughout</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-1.htm">The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">The duty of the Kohathites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">The charge of Eleazar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-17.htm">The office of the priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-21.htm">The duty of the Gershonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-29.htm">Of the Merarites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-34.htm">The number of the Kohathites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-38.htm">Of the Gershonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/4-42.htm">And of the Merarites</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' 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phrase highlights the importance of organization and structure within the Israelite community. The census was a method to ensure that each clan and family was accounted for, reflecting the tribal system that was central to Israelite identity. This system of organization is seen throughout the Pentateuch, where genealogies and family lines are meticulously recorded (e.g., <a href="/genesis/10.htm">Genesis 10, 46</a>). The emphasis on clans and families underscores the communal nature of Israelite society, where identity and responsibility were tied to one's family and tribe. This also foreshadows the New Testament concept of the Church as a family of believers (<a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19</a>).<p><b>totaled 2,630</b><br>The specific number of 2,630 indicates the precision with which the Levites were counted. This number pertains to the Kohathites, one of the Levitical families responsible for the care of the sanctuary's most sacred objects (<a href="/numbers/4.htm">Numbers 4:1-20</a>). The precision in numbering reflects the orderliness that God required in the service of the tabernacle, emphasizing the holiness and reverence due to His dwelling place. This meticulous attention to detail can be seen as a type of Christ, who fulfills the law with precision and completeness (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-18</a>). The counting of the Levites also prefigures the New Testament's emphasis on the priesthood of all believers, where each member has a role and responsibility within the body of Christ (<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_kohathites.htm">The Kohathites</a></b><br>A Levitical clan responsible for the care of the sanctuary's most sacred objects. They were one of the three main divisions of the Levites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who, along with Aaron, was responsible for conducting the census of the Levites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The brother of Moses and the first high priest, who assisted in the census and had oversight of the priestly duties.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites, which the Levites were tasked with transporting and maintaining.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_of_sinai.htm">The Wilderness of Sinai</a></b><br>The location where the census and organization of the Levites took place, as the Israelites journeyed towards the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_order_and_structure.htm">The Importance of Order and Structure</a></b><br>God is a God of order, and the detailed census and organization of the Levites reflect His desire for structure in worship and service. This teaches us the value of organization in our spiritual lives and church communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_responsibilities.htm">Sacred Responsibilities</a></b><br>The Kohathites were entrusted with the most sacred objects of the Tabernacle. This highlights the importance of reverence and responsibility in handling the things of God, reminding us to approach our spiritual duties with seriousness and respect.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_family_roles.htm">Community and Family Roles</a></b><br>The census was conducted by clans and families, emphasizing the role of family and community in spiritual service. This encourages us to involve our families in ministry and recognize the importance of community in our faith journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_service.htm">Faithfulness in Service</a></b><br>The Kohathites' role required diligence and faithfulness. Similarly, we are called to be faithful in whatever tasks God assigns us, no matter how small or large they may seem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_biblical_numbers_symbolic.htm">Why do the numbers in biblical genealogies and census figures appear symbolic rather than historical?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_4_4-5__lie_390_days_safely.htm">Ezekiel 4:4-5: How could someone realistically lie on one side for 390 days without serious health complications or interruptions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_merarites'_age_range_for_duties.htm">Numbers 4:29-30 - Why does God prescribe a seemingly arbitrary age range for the Merarites' duties, and does this contradict other biblical texts about priestly service?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_40_years_to_reach_promised_land.htm">Why did Israelites' journey to the Promised Land take 40 years?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/4-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And those</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">numbered</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(pə·qu·ḏê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by their clans</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and families</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">totaled 2,630.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַלְפַּ֕יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’al·pa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/4-40.htm">Numbers 4:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/4-40.htm">OT Law: Numbers 4:40 Even those who were numbered of them (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/4-39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 4:39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/4-41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 4:41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 4:41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>