Numbers 3:43
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.
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,
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: 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
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
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