Numbers 3:42

42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

Numbers 3:42 in Other Translations

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

42 So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.

42 So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded.

42 So, just as God commanded him, Moses counted all the firstborn of the People of Israel.

42 and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

42 So Moses registered all the firstborn Israelites as the LORD commanded him.

42 So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

42 So Moses counted all of the oldest sons in Israel. He did just as the LORD had commanded him.

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 The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.

41 Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the LORD.”

42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

43 The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

44 The LORD also said to Moses,