Numbers 3:28

Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care ¹  of the sanctuary.

The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

There were 8,600 males one month old or older among these Kohathite clans. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

All the males who were one month and older numbered 8,600. The Kohathites were in charge of the Sanctuary.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

Counting all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.

According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.

Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care ¹  of the sanctuary.

¹ tn The construction here is a little different. The Hebrew text uses the participle in construct plural: שֹׁמְרֵי (shomÿrey, literally “keepers of”). The form specifies the duties of the 8,600 Kohathites. The genitive that follows this participle is the cognate מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmeret) that has been used before. So the expression indicates that they were responsible for the care of this part of the cult center. There is no reason to delete one of the forms (as does J. A. Paterson, Numbers, 42), for the repetition stresses the central importance of their work.