King James Version
Numbers 3:28 in the King James Version says “In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.”
Numbers 3:28 · KJV
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In the number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the males”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“old”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and upward”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“were eight”
H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“keeping”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“the charge”
H4931watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
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