Numbers 3:42 meaning and explanation
So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
Numbers 3:42, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is camped at Sinai, where God has just claimed every firstborn Israelite for himself, recalling the night in Egypt when the firstborn of Israel were spared while Egypt's firstborn died. In verses 40 to 41 the LORD tells Moses to count the firstborn males a month old or more and to take the Levites in their place.
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