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Numbers 3:44 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 44
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Numbers 3:44 · King James Version
Numbers 3:44 in context
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,
45Take 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.
46And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- 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