Numbers 3:43 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

This result, when compared with the number of male adults (603,550, compare to Numbers 2:32), is small, as the usual proportion of firstborn sons t…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. —The extremely small number of firstborn in proportion to a male population of …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And all the firstborn males
For such only were ordered to be numbered, and not firstborn females:

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The number of the firstborn, and that of the Levites, were close to each other. Known to God are all His works beforehand; there is an exact propor…

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