Numbers 3:42

Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:

43And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

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Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:41-51

40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord ) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the… Read the whole commentary →

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