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The Redemption of the Firstborn

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Enroll all the firstborn males of the Israelites, from a month old and up, and count their names. 41 But you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the Israelites.”(A) 42 So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

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40 The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more(A) and make a list of their names.(B) 41 Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites,(C) and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”(D)

42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

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40 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.

41 And thou shalt 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 firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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Rescate de los hijos mayores

40 El Señor dijo a Moisés:

«Haz un censo de los hijos mayores de los israelitas, de un mes de edad para arriba, y registra sus nombres. 41 Luego, a cambio de los hijos mayores de los israelitas, resérvame a los levitas. Yo soy el Señor. De la misma manera, a cambio de las primeras crías del ganado de los israelitas, resérvame el ganado de los levitas.»

42 Moisés hizo el censo de los hijos mayores de los israelitas, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado,

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