Numbers 3:28

28The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600.3:28 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts 8,300 The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

28In the counting of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

28In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

28The males who were numbered, every male from a month old and upward totaled 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).8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.

28The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600.3:28 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts 8,300; see the total in verse 39. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.