The sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them provisions for the journey.
Numbers 3:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Moses registered them in obedience to the Lord as he had been commanded: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them provisions for the journey.
‘Register the Levites by their ancestral families and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.’
The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the Lord’s command was 22,000.
He gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the Lord, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
‘All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
These were the registered men of the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.
These were the registered men of the Gershonite clans. At the Lord’s command Moses and Aaron registered everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting.
These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.
At the Lord’s command they were registered under the direction of Moses, each one according to his work and transportation duty, and his assignment was as the Lord commanded Moses.
Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and pronounce blessings in his name, and they are to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.