Translations
Modern
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Traditional
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Literal
And the Levites were numbered from a son of thirty years and above, and the number by their heads of mighty men was thirty-eight thousand.
Latin
Numeratique sunt Levitæ a triginta annis et supra: et inventa sunt triginta octo millia virorum.
Original
Hebrew
English
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Notes
The records of the Levites list them by their roles instead of their families.
Theme notes and profiles
People
Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites
Glossary
Census Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Genealogy Merari, Merarite Music Priests and Levites
Topics
Levites were Overseers in Building and the Repairs of the Temple Levites: Age of when Inducted Into office Levites: Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai Levites: Functions of had Charge of the Temple The Levites: David: Numbered Them First from Thirty Years Old