Numbers 3:42
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New International Version (©2011)
So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So Moses numbered all the firstborn from the sons of Israel just as the LORD commanded him.

NET Bible (©2006)
So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Moses registered all the firstborn Israelites as the LORD commanded him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

American King James Version
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

American Standard Version
and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:

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

English Revised Version
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

World English Bible
Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:40-51 The number of the first-born, and that of the Levites, came near to each other. Known unto God are all his works beforehand; there is an exact proportion between them, and so it will appear, when they are compared together. The small number of first-born, over and above the number of the Levites, were to be redeemed, and the redemption-money given to Aaron. The church is called the church of the first-born, which is redeemed, not as they were, with silver and gold; but, being devoted by sin to the justice of God, is ransomed with the precious blood of the Son of God. All men are the Lord's by creation, and all true christians are his by redemption. Each should know his own post and duty; nor can any service required by such a Master be rightly accounted mean or hard.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him,.... No doubt assisted by others, though not mentioned:

all the firstborn among the children of Israel; which some think were only those that were born since they came out of Egypt, as Bonfrerius, Bishop Patrick, and others.

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Firstborn Sons Redeemed
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. 41And you shall 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 firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. …

Numbers 3:41 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."
Numbers 3:43 The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.