Passage Research
Numbers 3 — Sermon Preparation
The Levites are counted and assigned to serve the tabernacle; they replace Israel's firstborn in God's service and are counted from a month old. Below is a research summary for Numbers 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 51
- verses
- 599 / 148
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִשְׁפָּחָה | mishpâchâh | H4940 | 21 | family, circle of relatives |
| בְּכוֹר | bᵉkôwr | H1060 | 13 | first-born, chief |
| לֵוִיִּי | Lêvîyîy | H3881 | 13 | Levite |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 14 | Mosheh |
| מִשְׁמֶרֶת | mishmereth | H4931 | 10 | watch, custody |
| פָּקַד | pâqad | H6485 | 12 | visit, oversee |
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 12 | Aharon |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little flock in comparison with the world.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 3:14–39 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Sinai— Num 3:1
- Egypt— Num 3:13
- Wilderness of Sinai— Num 3:14
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