But you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the Israelites.”
Numbers 3:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. 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. |
But you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the Israelites.”
The total enrollment, all the firstborn males from a month old and up, counting the number of names, was twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.