40The Lord said to Moses, "Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.


In Context

37 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.

38 Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the Tent of Meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

39 The total number of Levites counted at the Lord 's command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.

40 The Lord said to Moses, "Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.

41 Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord ."

42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

Numbers 3:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:40And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:40And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:40And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:40And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:40And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:40And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:40Yahweh said to Moses, |Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:40And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:40And the LORD said to 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.