Numeri 3:16

16 Und Mose musterte sie nach dem Befehl Jehovas, so wie ihm geboten war.

Numeri 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:16

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord,
&c.] Took the account of all of a month old in the several houses and families of the tribe of Levi; though Moses is only here mentioned, yet it seems from ( Numbers 3:39 ) ; that Aaron was concerned with him in it; yea, in an after numbering of the Levites who were fit for business from thirty to fifty years of age, the chief of the children of Israel were assisting to him and Aaron, ( Numbers 4:46 ) ; as he commanded;
he was obedient to the divine will in all things, and so in this, though it was his own tribe and his own posterity, which in all successive ages were to be no other than ministering servants to the priests, and to have no inheritance in the land of Israel.

Numeri 3:16 In-Context

14 Und Jehova redete zu Mose in der Wüste Sinai und sprach:

15 Mustere die Söhne Levis nach ihren Vaterhäusern, nach ihren Familien; alle Männlichen von einem Monat und darüber sollst du sie mustern.

16 Und Mose musterte sie nach dem Befehl Jehovas, so wie ihm geboten war.

17 Und dies waren die Söhne Levis nach ihren Namen: Gerson und Kehath und Merari.

18 Und dies sind die Namen der Söhne Gersons nach ihren Familien: Libni und Simei.