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Numbers 3:42 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 42
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.Numbers 3:42 · King James Version
Numbers 3:42 in context
40And 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.
41And 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.
42And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43And 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.
44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is the exchange made of the Levites for the first-born. 1. The first-born were numbered from a month old, Num 3:42, Num 3:43. Those certainly were not reckoned who, though first-born, had become heads of families themselves, but those only that were under age;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-51