Numbers 3:39
3:39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word 1 of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000. 2
Numbers 8:16
8:16 For they are entirely given 3 to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of 4 all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.
Numbers 16:19
16:19 When 5 Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.
1 tn Here again the Hebrew has “at the mouth of,” meaning in accordance with what the Lord said. So also in v. 51.
2 tn The total is a rounded off number; it does not duplicate the precise total of 22,300. Some modern scholars try to explain it by positing an error in v. 28, suggesting that “six” should be read as “three” (שֵׁשׁ [shesh] as שָׁלֹשׁ [shalosh]).
3 tn As before, the emphasis is obtained by repeating the passive participle: “given, given to me.”
4 tn Or “as substitutes” for all the firstborn of the Israelites.
5 tn This clause is clearly foundational for the clause that follows, the appearance of the Lord; therefore it should be subordinated to the next as a temporal clause (one preterite followed by another preterite may be so subordinated).