# Numbers 3.22 **Book:** [Numbers](/codex/numbers/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 20. And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. 21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. > > **22. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.** > > 23. The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24. And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. (Numbers 3:20-24, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 20. The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. 21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. > > **22. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.** > > 23. The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24. The prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. (Numbers 3:20-24, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 20. And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. > > **22. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.** > > 23. The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24. And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. (Numbers 3:20-24, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 20. And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers. 21. Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite. > > **22. Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.** > > 23. The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward. 24. And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael. (Numbers 3:20-24, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.