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Numbers 3:14 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 14
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,Numbers 3:14 · King James Version
Numbers 3:14 in context
12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
14And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15Number 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.
16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- SinaiÇîynaySinai, mountain of ArabiaH5514 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-39