Numbers 3:44

44 Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

Numbers 3:44 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:44

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 3:44 In-Context

42 Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the LORD commanded.

43 All the oldest males over one month old, recorded by name according to their enrollment, were 22,273.

44 Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

45 Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the LORD.

46 To rescue the 273 remaining oldest Israelites over and above the number of Levites,