So Moses did what the Lord commanded. He counted all the firstborn children of the Israelites.
I am the Lord. I will take the Levites instead of all the firstborn men and boys of Israel. I will also take the animals from the Levites instead of taking all the firstborn animals from the other people in Israel.”
He listed all the firstborn men and boys who were one month old or older. There were 22,273 names on that list.