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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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  1. Numbers 3:15 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also in v. 20.
  2. Numbers 3:15 tn Heb “you are to/shall number them.”
  3. Numbers 3:16 tn Heb “at the mouth of the Lord.”
  4. 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.
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Numbers 3:14-16
Christian Standard Bible

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.” 16 So Moses registered them in obedience to the Lord as he had been commanded:

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