Numbers 3:14-16
New English Translation
The Numbering of the Levites
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai: 15 “Number the Levites by their clans[a] and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”[b] 16 So Moses numbered them according to the word[c] of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.[d]
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- Numbers 3:15 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also in v. 20.
- Numbers 3:15 tn Heb “you are to/shall number them.”
- Numbers 3:16 tn Heb “at the mouth of the Lord.”
- Numbers 3:16 tn The Pual perfect may be given the past perfect translation in this sentence because the act of commanding preceded the act of numbering.
Numbers 3:14-16
International Standard Version
Numbering the Descendants of Levi
14 The Lord also told Moses in the Sinai wilderness, 15 “Number the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral houses and tribes, numbering every male from a month old and above.”
16 So Moses numbered them according to the instruction[a] of the Lord, as he had been commanded.
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- Numbers 3:16 Lit. mouth
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