34 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200.
34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
34 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 6,200.
34 The males who were one month and older numbered 6,200.
34 And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.
34 There were 6,200 males one month old or older among these Merarite clans.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:34
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.