Numbers - 3:42



42 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:
And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
Numeravit itaque Moses quemadmodum ei paeceperat Jehova, omnem primogeniture in filiis Israel.

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And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him,.... No doubt assisted by others, though not mentioned:
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; which some think were only those that were born since they came out of Egypt, as Bonfrerius, Bishop Patrick, and others.

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