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Numbers 3:43

Numbers 3:43
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen .

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it:

saying; as follows.

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

This result, when compared with the number of male adults (603,550, compare Num 2:32), is small, the usual proportion of first-born sons to a total male population being about one in four: and the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 3:40-51

Here is the exchange made of the Levites for the first-born. 1. The first-born were numbered from a month old, Num 3:42, Num 3:43. Those certainly were not reckoned who, though first-born, had become…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 3:40-51

The substitution of the Levites for the first-born.

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