Discovery BoxNumbers 3:39 
Context3:39 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 4:37
Context4:37 These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.
Numbers 4:41
Context4:41 These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.
Numbers 16:7
Context16:7 put fire in them, and set incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”
1 tn Here again the Hebrew has “at the mouth of,” meaning in accordance with what the
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]).
