Verse 42
Numbers 3:42
Literal Standard Version
42
And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּפְקֹ֣ד מֹשֶׁ֔ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֹת֑/וֹ אֶֽת כָּל בְּכֹ֖ר בִּ/בְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And Moses counted as the Lord commanded him every firstborn among the children of Israel.
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Chapter 3 Context
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And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day of YHWH’s speaking with Moses in Mount...
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
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these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he has consecrated for ac...
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And Nadab dies—Abihu also—before YHWH, in their bringing strange fire near before YHWH, in the wilde...
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and you have caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they hav...
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and kept his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the se...
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and they have kept all the vessels of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to...
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and you have given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the son...
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And you appoint Aaron and his sons, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who comes...
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“And I, behold, have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstbo...
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for every firstborn is Mine, in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I have s...
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And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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“Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of...
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And Moses numbers them according to the command of YHWH, as he has been commanded.
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And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
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And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by...
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Of Gershon—the family of the Libnite and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Ge...
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Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones are...
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The families of the Gershonite encamp westward behind the Dwelling Place.
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And the prince of a father’s house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting is the Dwelling Place, and the tent, it...
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and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the court, which is by the Dwelling Pl...
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And of Kohath—the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebr...
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In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, are eight thousand and six hundred, keep...
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The families of the sons of Kohath encamp southward by the side of the Dwelling Place.
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And the prince of a father’s house for the families of the Kohathite is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
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And their charge is the Ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of th...
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And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight...
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Of Merari—the family of the Mahlite and the family of the Mushite; these are the families of Merari.
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And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, are six thousand...
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And the prince of a father’s house for the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they encamp...
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And the oversight and charge of the sons of Merari are the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bar...
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and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
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And those encamping before the Dwelling Place eastward, before the Tent of Meeting, at the east, are...
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All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—by the command of YHWH, by their fa...
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And YHWH says to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and...
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and you have taken the Levites for Me (I am YHWH), instead of every firstborn among the sons of Isra...
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And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
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And every firstborn male, by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbere...
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levi...
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And from those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel,...
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you have even taken five shekels apiece by the counted head—you take by the shekel of the holy place...
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and you have given the money to Aaron and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.”
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And Moses takes the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;
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he has taken the money from the firstborn of the sons of Israel—one thousand and three hundred and s...
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and Moses gives the money of those ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the command of YH...
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