Numbers 3:40 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 3:40

38 ^aMoreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, ^bkeeping charge of the sanctuary, ^cto meet the needs of the children of Israel; but ^dthe outsider who came near was to be put to death.

39 ^aAll who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.

Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn

40 Then the Lord said to Moses: ^a“Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

41 ^aAnd you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”

42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.

43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Verse Comparison: Numbers 3:40

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said to Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to Moses, "Make a list and count the first-born sons at least one month old in each of the Israelite families.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

Good News Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "All of Israel's first-born sons belong to me. So register by name every first-born male Israelite, one month old or older. But in place of them I claim all the Levites as mine! I am the LORD! I also claim the livestock of the Levites in place of all the first-born of the livestock."

King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

New International Version
The LORD said to Moses, "Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Moses: “Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said to Moses, " Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking their number by names.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

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Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn

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