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32 The chief of the leaders[a] of the Levites[b] was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

33 To Merari belonged[c] the clan of Mahlites[d] and the clan of the Mushites:[e] these are the clans of Merari. 34 The ones counted[f] according to the number of every male from one month[g] and above were six thousand two hundred.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:32 Literally “the leader of leaders”
  2. Numbers 3:32 Hebrew “Levite”
  3. Numbers 3:33 Literally “for Merari was
  4. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mahlite”
  5. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mushite”
  6. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  7. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the son of a month”