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
New American Standard Bible
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses (A)in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 “[a](B)Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.” 16 So Moses counted them according to the [b]word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.
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- Numbers 3:15 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch
- Numbers 3:16 Lit mouth
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