“According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.”
Numbers 3:28 (WEB)
Context Reading
26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service. 27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites. 28According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary. 29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle. 30The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.