Numbers 3:40
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names.

English Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, “List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.

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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Moses: “Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

NASB 1995
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

NASB 1977
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD told Moses, “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD told Moses: “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: “Number every firstborn male of the children of Israel from a son of a month and above and take the number of their names.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to Moses, "Make a list and count the first-born sons at least one month old in each of the Israelite families.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

English Revised Version
And 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD said to Moses, "Register every firstborn male of the Israelites who is at least one month old, and make a list of their names.

International Standard Version
Later the LORD instructed Moses: "Number all the first-born males of Israel from a month old and above and list their names.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD 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.

Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.

New American Bible
The LORD then said to Moses: Enroll every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and count the number of their names.

NET Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Moses: Enroll all the firstborn males of the Israelites, from a month old and upward, and count their names.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Yahweh 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.

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;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Redemption of the Firstborn
40Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names. 41You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”…

Cross References
Numbers 3:15
"Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more."

Numbers 3:41
You are to take the Levites for Me--I am the LORD--in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites."


Treasury of Scripture

And 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.

Numbers 3:12,15,45
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; …

Exodus 32:26-29
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him…

Psalm 87:6
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

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Numbers 3
1. The sons of Aaron
5. The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14. Are numbered by their families
21. The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27. Of the Kohathites
33. Of the Merarites
38. The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40. The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44. The balances are refunded
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“Number
פְּקֹ֨ד (pə·qōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

firstborn
בְּכֹ֤ר (bə·ḵōr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief

male
זָכָר֙ (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male

of the Israelites
לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

a month old
מִבֶּן־ (mib·ben-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

or more,
וָמָ֑עְלָה (wā·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

and list
וְשָׂ֕א (wə·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their names.
שְׁמֹתָֽם׃ (šə·mō·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name


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