Numbers 3:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 3:11

9 And ^ayou shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to¹ him from among the children of Israel.

10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, ^aand they shall attend to their priesthood; ^bbut the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 “Now behold, ^aI Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be ^bMine,

13 because ^aall the firstborn are Mine. ^bOn the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the Lord.”

Census of the Levites Commanded

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying:

15 “Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number ^aevery male from a month old and above.”

Verse Comparison: Numbers 3:11

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said to Moses,

Contemporary English Version
Moses, I have chosen these Levites from all Israel, and they will belong to me in a special way. When I killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians, I decided that the first-born sons in every Israelite family and the first-born males of their flocks and herds would be mine. But now I accept these Levites in place of the first-born sons of the Israelites.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Good News Bible
The LORD said to Moses,

King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New International Version
The LORD also said to Moses,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
11Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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Census of the Levites Commanded

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