28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary.

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28 The number of all the males a month old or more(A) was 8,600.[a] The Kohathites were responsible(B) for the care of the sanctuary.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:28 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts 8,300

35 (A)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting; 36 and those listed by clans were 2,750.

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35 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age(A) who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting, 36 counted by clans, were 2,750.

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31 And their guard duty involved (A)the ark, (B)the table, (C)the lampstand, (D)the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and (E)the screen; all the service connected with these.

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31 They were responsible for the care of the ark,(A) the table,(B) the lampstand,(C) the altars,(D) the articles(E) of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain,(F) and everything related to their use.(G)

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They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, (A)as they minister at the tabernacle.

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They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community(A) at the tent of meeting by doing the work(B) of the tabernacle.

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