Numbers 3:40
King James Version (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
In context
38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Numbers 3:40 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD said to Moses, number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.