Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 3

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This is a parallel-text biblical document presenting Numbers 3 in two versions side by side: the King James Version (KJV) with embedded Strong's Concordance reference numbers, and the Greek Septuagint (LXX). The chapter belongs to the Pentateuch's priestly-administrative tradition and records the organization of the Levitical priesthood in the wilderness of Sinai. Its core content covers three related matters: the appointment of the tribe of Levi to serve Aaron and the sanctuary in place of Israel's firstborn males (a substitution rooted in the Passover event in Egypt), a clan-by-clan census of Levite males from one month old and upward totaling 22,000, and the precise assignment of tabernacle duties and camping positions to each of Levi's three sub-clans (Gershon, Kohath, and Merari). A distinctive theological claim runs throughout — God explicitly declares the Levites his own possession, and any unauthorized person who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death — framing what reads as dry census data within a stark theology of sacred boundaries. The document also resolves an arithmetic problem: because the firstborn Israelites (22,273) exceed the Levites by 273, those 273 must be individually redeemed for five sanctuary shekels each, with the collected silver paid to Aaron's sons. The parallel-column format with Strong's numbers signals this is a study or interlinear resource aimed at readers doing close Hebrew-Greek textual comparison.

Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 3

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