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.
22 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.
22 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was
22 All the males who were one month and older numbered 7,500.
22 Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above--of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.
22 There were 7,500 males one month old or older among these Gershonite clans.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:22
Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39
(Read Numbers 3:14-39)
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.