Numbers 3:44

44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

43 And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

46 And for those that are to be ransomed, the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are in excess over the Levites,