Numbers 3:16
So Moses registered them following the Lord's instructions, just as he had been told.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
In Context
15“Register the Levites by their father's line and family. Count every male aged one month or older.”
17These were the names of Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Cross References
Genesis 45:21So that's what the sons of Israel did. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered. He also gave them supplies for their journey.
Numbers 3:51Moses gave this redemption money to Aaron and his sons as the Lord had told him to, following the Lord's instructions.
Numbers 4:37This was the total of the families of Kohath—all who were entitled to do the work of serving in the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron registered them in accordance with the Lord's instructions to Moses.
Numbers 4:45This was the total of the families of Merari registered by Moses and Aaron in accordance with the Lord's instructions.
Deuteronomy 21:5The Levitical priests must be there too, because the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to give blessings in his name, and to decide on legal disputes and cases of assault.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →