Catholic Public Domain Version
"Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel. "
— Numbers 3:42, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.”
“And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. ”
“Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.”
“So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.”
“Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:”
“So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.”
“And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.”
All the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by their families according to the precept of the Lord, of the male gender, from one month and above, were twenty-two thousand.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Number the firstborn of the male sex from the sons of Israel, from one month and above, and you shall take their total.
And you shall bring the Levites to me, in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and you shall bring their cattle to me, in place of all the firstborn of the cattle of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord.”
Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
And the males by their names, from one month and above, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
“Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.