Numbers 3:43

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

Numbers 3:43 in Other Translations

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 and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.

43 The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273.

43 The total of firstborn males one month and older, listed by name, numbered 22,273.

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

Numbers 3:43 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:43

And all the firstborn males
For such only were ordered to be numbered, and not firstborn females:

by the number of names;
which were particularly taken:

from a month old and upward;
for before that time they were not sanctified to the Lord, nor subject to the redemption price:

of those that were numbered of them [were] twenty and two thousand two
hundred and threescore and thirteen;
22,273 men; so that there were two hundred seventy three more than the Levites, ( Numbers 3:39 ) .

Numbers 3:43 In-Context

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,

45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. ver 15
• 2. ver 39