Numbers 3 · Verse 16

Numbers 3:16

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
Numbers 3:16, King James Version

Numbers 3:16 in other translations

BSBSo Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
WEBMoses counted them according to the LORD’s word, as he was commanded.
ASVAnd Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
YLTAnd Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded.
DARBYAnd Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commanded.
BBESo Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.
WebsterAnd Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

What does Numbers 3:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14-31

14-31. Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Nu…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Moses numbered them - Though Moses and Aaron conjointly numbered the twelve tribes, yet Moses alone numbered the Levites; "for as the money with which the first-born of Israel, who exceeded the number of Levites, were redeemed, was to be paid to Aaron and his sons, Num 3:48, it was decent that he, whose advantage it was that the number of the first-born of Israel should exceed, should not be authorized to take that number himself." - Dodd, from Bishop Kidder.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's…

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Numbers 3:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּפְקֹ֥דvai.yif.Kodand he enrolledH6485
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
צֻוָּֽה\׃tzu.Vahhe had been commandedH6680

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 3:16

  • Numbers 4:37

    These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  • Numbers 3:39

    All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

  • Deuteronomy 21:5

    And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

  • Numbers 4:45

    These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  • Numbers 4:41

    These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.

  • Numbers 3:51

    And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Numbers 4:27

    At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

  • Numbers 4:49

    According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Genesis 45:21

    And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
word. Heb. mouth.
39,51; 4:27,37,41,45,49; Ge 45:21; De 21:5

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Context

  • Numbers 3:15

    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.

  • Numbers 3:16

    And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

  • Numbers 3:17

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

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Numbers 3:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Moisés los contó conforme á la palabra de Jehová, como le fué mandado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse les dénombra selon le commandement de l’ Éternel, comme il lui avait été commandé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose musterte sie nach dem Befehl Jehovas, so wie ihm geboten war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numeravit Moyses, ut præceperat Dominus,