Numbers 3:42 - Easy To Read Version

⁴² So Moses did what the Lord commanded. Moses counted all the firstborn [44] children of the people of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² So Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

⁴² Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the LORD commanded.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 3:42 Cross References

Numbers 3:41

{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.”

Numbers 3:43

Moses listed all the firstborn men and boys that were one month old or older. There were 22,273 names on that list.