39 All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the [a]command of the Lord by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were (A)twenty-two thousand.

Firstborn Redeemed

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(B)Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and [b]make a list of their names. 41 And you (C)shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:39 Lit mouth
  2. Numbers 3:40 Lit take up the number

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