Numbers 3:43
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Cross-references
Numbers 3:39
Parallel
Numbers 3:39 gives Levite count (22,000) compared to firstborn count (22,273) in 3:43, showing numerical gap.
Numbers 3:15
Historical context
Numbers 3:15 commands census of Levites, the basis for comparison with firstborn count in 3:43.