Study it in the app“All those counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH, by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.”
Allכָּלthose countedפְּקוּדֵיof the Levites,הַלְוִיִּםwhomאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוְׄאַׄהֲׄרֹׄןׄcountedפָּקַדaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWH,יְהוָהby their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרfrom a monthמִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁold and upward,וָמַעְלָהwere twenty-two thousand.שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appearsThe families add up to 22,300 (7,500 + 8,600 + 6,200), and the total says 22,000. The text does not explain the difference.
38And those who camp in front of the dwelling on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
39 · This verse (above)
40And YHWH said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
