Numbers 26:14
Context26:14 These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. 1
Numbers 3:43
Context3:43 And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.
Numbers 3:39
Context3:39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word 2 of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000. 3


[26:14] 1 sn Before entering Sinai the tribe numbered 59,300, the third largest. Now it was about one-third its original size.
[3:39] 2 tn Here again the Hebrew has “at the mouth of,” meaning in accordance with what the
[3:39] 3 tn The total is a rounded off number; it does not duplicate the precise total of 22,300. Some modern scholars try to explain it by positing an error in v. 28, suggesting that “six” should be read as “three” (שֵׁשׁ [shesh] as שָׁלֹשׁ [shalosh]).