Numbers 3:28
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.”
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
זָכָר
male
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זָכָר
Male, masculine. Zakar. God created male and female. Both equally bear His image. Both are essential to reflecting the fullness of who He is.
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שָׁמַר
were the keepers of
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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שְׁמֹנֶה
eight
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שְׁמֹנֶה
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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חֹדֶשׁ
a month
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חֹדֶשׁ
the new moon; by implication, a month
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