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14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying, 15 “Muster[a] the descendants of Levi according to their families,[b] according to their clans. You will count every male from one month[c] and above.” 16 So Moses mustered[d] them according to the command of Yahweh,[e] just as he commanded.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:15 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  2. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  3. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the son of a month”
  4. Numbers 3:16 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  5. Numbers 3:16 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”

14 The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,(A) 15 “Count(B) the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”(C) 16 So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

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Census of the Levites Commanded(A)

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying: 15 “Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number (B)every male from a month old and above.”

16 So Moses numbered them according to the [a]word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:16 Lit. mouth

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.

16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 “List the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by clans; (A)every male from a month old and upward you shall list.” 16 So Moses listed them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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