NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 3:14 The census results are listed by clan. Each clan is responsible for carrying a specific part of the tabernacle and for guarding a specific side of the tabernacle. The total number of Levites (v. Numbers 3:39) is 22,000, which is 300 less than the sum of the individual Levite clans. The likeliest explanation is that, correcting a copyist’s error, the number of Kohathites should be 8,300, not 8,600. The numerals 6 and 3 are very similar in Hebrew.

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