Bilangan 3:28

3:28 Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care ¹  of the sanctuary.

Bilangan 4:35

4:35 from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;

Bilangan 4:41

4:41 These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

Bilangan 26:4

26:4 “Number the people ²  from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”

[3:28]  ¹ tn The construction here is a little different. The Hebrew text uses the participle in construct plural: שֹׁמְרֵי (shomÿrey, literally “keepers of”). The form specifies the duties of the 8,600 Kohathites. The genitive that follows this participle is the cognate מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmeret) that has been used before. So the expression indicates that they were responsible for the care of this part of the cult center. There is no reason to delete one of the forms (as does J. A. Paterson, Numbers, 42), for the repetition stresses the central importance of their work.

[26:4]  ² tn “Number the people” is added here to the text for a smooth reading.