And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel.”
Numbers 3:42 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, 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. |
And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel.”
And all the first-born males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.