Numbers 3:43
41 You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
44 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
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.
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- BSB
- The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
- ASV
- And all the first-born males according to 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.
- DARBY
- And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
- BLB
- And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a son of a month and above, of their numbered, were two and twenty thousand three and seventy and two hundred.
- ÅB
- Og da han tok tall på alle førstefødte av mannkjønn og skrev opp deres navn, fra den som var en måned gammel, og oppover, var de, så mange som ble mønstret, to og tyve tusen, to hundre og tre og sytti.
- OTB
- Og alle førstefødte menn, etter antall navn fra en måned gammel og oppover, var 22 273.
- B1930
- Og da han tok tall på alle førstefødte av mannkjønn og skrev op deres navn, fra den som var en måned gammel, og opover, var de, så mange som blev mønstret, to og tyve tusen, to hundre og tre og sytti.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 3:39
The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
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