So the sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them carts by Pharaoh’s command and he gave them provisions for the journey.
Numbers 3:16 - Tree of Life Version So Moses numbered them in accordance with the word of Adonai, just as he was commanded. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Moses numbered them as he was commanded by the word of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded. Common English Bible Moses enrolled them according to the LORD’s word as he was commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version Moses numbered them, just as the Lord had instructed, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded. |
So the sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them carts by Pharaoh’s command and he gave them provisions for the journey.
“Count the sons of Levi. According to their ancestral house, by their families, every male a month old and upward you are to number them.”
These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
All the Levites counted by Moses and Aaron at the word of Adonai, by their families, inclusive of every male one month old and upward, were 22,000.
Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, just as Adonai commanded him, in accordance with the mouth of Adonai.
The sons of the Gershonites are to do all their tasks, whether carrying or doing other work, according to the word of Aaron and his sons. You are to assign to them all that is their responsibility to carry.
This was the total of those in the families of the Kohathites, every one serving in the Tent of Meeting—Moses and Aaron counted them according to the mouth of Adonai by Moses’s hand.
These were those counted from the families of the sons of Gershon, each serving in the Tent of Meeting—Moses and Aaron counted according to the mouth of Adonai.
These were those numbered from the families of the sons of Merari by Moses and Aaron in accordance with the mouth of Adonai by Moses’s hand.
From the mouth of Adonai by Moses’s hand, each man was assigned his work and his burden to carry. So they were counted, as Adonai commanded Moses.
The kohanim, the sons of Levi, will come forward—for Adonai your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His Name, and by their mouth every dispute and assault is to be settled.