KJV ORIGINAL
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When they counted all the males from one month old and older, there were six thousand two hundred of them.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records the census count of 6,200 males from the Levite families who were at least one month old.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the census of the Levites that God commanded Moses to conduct in the wilderness. The Levites were the priestly tribe of Israel, set apart for special service in the tabernacle. God instructed that all Levite males from one month old and upward should be counted, which was different from the military census of other tribes that only counted men aged 20 and above.
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