Numbers 3:16
What does Numbers 3:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 3:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commanded.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:5
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
- Numbers 4:41
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
- Numbers 3:39
All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
- Numbers 4:49
According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
- Genesis 45:21
And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
- Numbers 4:37
These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
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