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13 because every firstborn belongs to me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt,(A) I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to myself, both man and animal. They are mine; I am the Lord.’(B)

The Levitical Census

14 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: 15 ‘Register the Levites by their ancestral families[a] and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.’

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Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Lit the house of their fathers, also in v. 20

13 for all the firstborn are mine.(A) When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”(B)

14 The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,(C) 15 “Count(D) the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”(E)

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13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

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