Numbers 3:16 — Meaning and Application

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“And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. {word: Heb. mouth}”

Numbers 3:16

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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. {word: Heb. mouth}

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

And these {are} the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

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Numbers 3:1

"These also {are} the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day {that} the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."

Numbers 3:2

"And these {are} the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."

Numbers 3:3

"These {are} the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. {whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled}"

Numbers 3:4

"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."

Numbers 3:5

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 3:6

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him."

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