Bamidbar 3:16

16 And Moshe numbered them according to the command of Hashem, as he had been commanded.

Bamidbar 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:16

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord,
&c.] Took the account of all of a month old in the several houses and families of the tribe of Levi; though Moses is only here mentioned, yet it seems from ( Numbers 3:39 ) ; that Aaron was concerned with him in it; yea, in an after numbering of the Levites who were fit for business from thirty to fifty years of age, the chief of the children of Israel were assisting to him and Aaron, ( Numbers 4:46 ) ; as he commanded;
he was obedient to the divine will in all things, and so in this, though it was his own tribe and his own posterity, which in all successive ages were to be no other than ministering servants to the priests, and to have no inheritance in the land of Israel.

Bamidbar 3:16 In-Context

14 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, saying,

15 Count the Bnei Levi by the bais of their avot, by their mishpekhot; every zachar from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

16 And Moshe numbered them according to the command of Hashem, as he had been commanded.

17 And these were the Bnei Levi by their shmot: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

18 And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershon by their mishpekhot: Livni, and Shimei.