The Numbering of the Levites
Numbers 3:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
- KJV
- And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.word: Heb. mouth
- WEB
- Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
- ASV
- And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
- LSV
- And Moses numbers them according to the command of YHWH, as he has been commanded.
- YLT
- And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded.
- DBY
- And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commanded.
- DRC
- Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.
- GNV
- Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
- JPS
- And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
- LXXE
- And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.Gr. voice.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד אֹתָ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צֻוָּֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐπεσκέψαντο αὐτοὺς Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν διὰ φωνῆς Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξεν αὐτοῖς Κύριος.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CampGershonCensusNumbers, Book ofLevites, TheLaw in the Old TestamentMosesPriests and LevitesLevitesPentateuch
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 4:37These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
- Numbers 3:39The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
- Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
- Numbers 4:45These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
- Numbers 4:49At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 4:41These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
- Numbers 4:27All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
- Numbers 3:51And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Genesis 45:21So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
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