Numbers 3:14

14 And the LORD said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,

Numbers 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:14

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai
At the same time he gave the order, and made the declaration before mentioned, and in the place where now the children of Israel were, and from whence they shortly removed: saying;
as follows.

Numbers 3:14 In-Context

12 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

13 for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the LORD."

14 And the LORD said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,

15 "Number the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number."

16 So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.