Numbers 3:42 - Easy To Read Version So Moses did what the Lord commanded. Moses counted all the firstborn [44] children of the people of Israel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. Common English Bible Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the LORD commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel. |
{In the past I said that} I would take all the firstborn [43] men and boys of Israel. But now I, the Lord, will take the Levites. I will also take the firstborn animals from the Levites instead of taking all the firstborn animals from the other people in Israel.”
Moses listed all the firstborn men and boys that were one month old or older. There were 22,273 names on that list.