Numbers 3:39
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Cross-reference
Numbers 3:5 commands Moses to bring the Levites near, and this verse records the resulting census total.
Numbers 3:22 records the Gershonite count (7,500) — another family total that contributes to the overall Levite number.
Numbers 3:28 gives the Kohathite count (8,600) — one of the three family totals that sum to the 22,000 in the main verse.
In Numbers 3:40, God commands a census of Israel's firstborns, directly following the Levite count — the Levites will substitute for them.
Numbers 3:48 commands giving redemption money for the extra firstborns — directly derived from the Levite census total of 22,000.
Numbers 3:51 records Moses giving redemption money to Aaron — this concludes the transaction based on the Levite total and excess firstborns.
Numbers 3:15 gives the original command to number Levites; this verse reports the result.
Numbers 3:16 records Moses' obedience to the command; here we see the actual count.
Numbers 3:43 gives the count of firstborn Israelites—the counterpart to the Levite total here.
Numbers 3:46 explains the surplus firstborn beyond the Levites, which requires redemption.
Numbers 26:62 records the second Levite census (23,000) — a later generation count compared to the 22,000 in the main verse.
Numbers 4:47 counts Levites aged 30–50 for service — a subset of the all-male census from one month old in the main verse.
Numbers 4:48 totals the service-age Levites (8,580) — a smaller group than the 22,000 from the main census.