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28 The males who were numbered, every male from a month old and upward totaled [a]8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle, 30 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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  1. Numbers 3:28 Some suspect that this count should be 8,300 which, when added to the 7,500 of v 22 and the 6,200 of v 34 gives the total of 22,000 in v 39. Unless the figure there was rounded, the number here may have been a copyist’s error (omitting just one letter between two that are the same in Hebrew).

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) 29 The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side(D) of the tabernacle. 30 The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan(E) son of Uzziel.

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