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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 3:42

And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Firstborn;   Levites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;   Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Firstborn;   Job;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Levites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ransom;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Yisra'el.
King James Version
And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
So Moses mustered all the firstborn among the Israelites just as Yahweh commanded him.
New Century Version
So Moses did what the Lord commanded and counted all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.
New English Translation
So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.
Amplified Bible
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded him;
New American Standard Bible
So Moses counted all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded him;
Contemporary English Version
Moses obeyed the Lord and counted the first-born sons;
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe counted, as Adonai had ordered him, all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Moses did what the Lord commanded. He counted all the firstborn children of the Israelites.
English Standard Version
So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel,
Good News Translation
Moses obeyed, and registered all the first-born males
Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.
Literal Translation
And Moses numbered as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses nombred all the first borne amoge the childre of Israel, as the LORDE commaunded him.
American Standard Version
And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses numbred, as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses numbred as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne among the children of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.
English Revised Version
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And as the Lord comaundide, Moises noumbride the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel; and the males weren bi her names,
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
Update Bible Version
and Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
World English Bible
Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
New King James Version
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.
New Living Translation
So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded.
New Life Bible
So Moses numbered all the first-born among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had told him.
New Revised Standard
So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, - every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:
Revised Standard Version
So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.
THE MESSAGE
So, just as God commanded him, Moses counted all the firstborn of the People of Israel. The total of firstborn males one month and older, listed by name, numbered 22,273.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;

Contextual Overview

40And YHWH says to Moses, "Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names; 41and you have taken the Levites for Me (I [am] YHWH), instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel." 42And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.43And every firstborn male, by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. 44And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 45"Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] YHWH. 46And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are more than the Levites, 47you have even taken five shekels apiece by the counted head—you take by the shekel of the holy place; the shekel [is] twenty gerahs; 48and you have given the money to Aaron and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed." 49And Moses takes the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him,.... No doubt assisted by others, though not mentioned:

all the firstborn among the children of Israel; which some think were only those that were born since they came out of Egypt, as Bonfrerius, Bishop Patrick, and others.


 
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