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Numbers 3:42

What does Numbers 3:42 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 3:42 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Context

v.41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

v.42This passage

v.43And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

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