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40 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. 41 “And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am the LORD, instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the sons of Israel.” 42 So Moses numbered all the first-born among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him; 43 and all the first-born males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273. 44 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD. Numbers 3:40-45, New American Standard 1977. Copyright © 1977 by The Lockman Foundation.
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