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A Census of the Levites

14 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying: 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families. You will number every male from a month old and older. 16 Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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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”