Numbers 3:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד אֹתָ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צֻוָּֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yifqōd ʾōtām Mōšeh ʿal-pî YHWH ka-ʾăšer ṣuwwāh

Grammar Details

*wa-yifqōd*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and counted/numbered
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*ʿal*: preposition - according to
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct - mouth of/command of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as/just as
*ṣuwwāh*: verb, Pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he was commanded

Word Meanings

*wa-yifqōd*: counted/numbered/registered/mustered
*ʿal-pî*: according to mouth of/according to command of/as instructed by
*ṣuwwāh*: was commanded/was instructed/was ordered

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 4:37 : 37 These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 3:39 : 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Num 3:51 : 51 and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 4:27 : 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.
Gen 45:21 : 21 And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Num 4:41 : 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
Num 4:45 : 45 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 4:49 : 49 According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Deut 21:5 : 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 3:42-44
3 verses
87%
42and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
43And all the first-born males according to 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.
44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 1:19
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19As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 3:14-15
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14And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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Num 4:49
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49According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 2:33
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33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Num 4:44-46
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44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
45These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
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Num 1:48
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48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 4:36-37
2 verses
80%
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 3:39-40
2 verses
80%
39All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
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Num 31:31
79%
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Num 4:40-42
3 verses
78%
40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Num 3:17
78%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Num 3:11
77%
11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 4:34
77%
34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
Num 8:23
76%
23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 3:51
76%
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76%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 1:2-3
2 verses
76%
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
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Exod 40:16
76%
16Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
Num 8:20
76%
20Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
Num 29:40
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Num 26:52
75%
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Num 17:11
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5And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.
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Num 36:5
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Num 4:21
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21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 17:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 25:16
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16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 13:3
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Exod 31:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 4:29
74%
29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;
Num 26:63
74%
63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Exod 7:6
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6And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they.
Num 13:1
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Num 30:1
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