⁴⁰And Yahweh said to Moses, “Muster every firstborn male from the Israelites^u from one month^v and above and count^w their names. ⁴¹And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the Israelites,^x and the animals^y of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals^z among the Israelites.”^a ⁴²So Moses mustered^b all the firstborn among the Israelites^c just as Yahweh commanded him. ⁴³And all the firstborn males^d among the number of names from one month^e and above, the ones counted,^f were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

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Footnotes

uLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
vLiterally “the son of a month”
wLiterally “and lift up the number of”
xLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
yHebrew “animal”
zHebrew “animal”
aLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
bOr “counted” or “summoned” or “enrolled”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
dHebrew “male”
eLiterally “the son of a month”
fLiterally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord said to Moses, “List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names. And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel.” So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him. And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names. Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”

So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord told Moses, “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names. You are to take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.” So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names. The Levites must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn sons of Israel; I am the Lord. And the Levites’ livestock must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the whole nation of Israel.”

So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded. The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 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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