Numbers 3:42
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.
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
- KJV
- And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- WEB
- Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- ASV
- and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
- DARBY
- And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- BLB
- And Moses numbered, as YHWH commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- ÅB
- Da mønstret Moses alle førstefødte blant Israels barn, slik som Herren hadde befalt ham.
- OTB
- Så Moses talte alle førstefødte blant Israels sønner, akkurat som Herren hadde instruert ham.
- B1930
- Da mønstret Moses alle førstefødte blandt Israels barn, således som Herren hadde befalt ham.