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New Living Translation

Numbers 3:42

So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded.

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 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

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names. 41 The Levites must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn sons of Israel; I am the Lord . And the Levites' livestock must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the whole nation of Israel." 42 So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded. 43 The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273. 44 Then the Lord said to Moses, 45 "Take the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. And take the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord . 46 There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons, 47 collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs). 48 Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons." 49 So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of 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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