Numbers 3:42

42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

Numbers 3:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:42

And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him
No doubt assisted by others, though not mentioned:

all the firstborn among the children of Israel;
which some think were only those that were born since they came out of Egypt, as Bonfrerius, Bishop Patrick, and others.

Numbers 3:42 In-Context

40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and take the number of their names.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the animals of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the animals of the sons of Israel.

42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

44 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,