Numbers 3:40

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The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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  • Num 3:15 : 15 “Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”
  • Num 3:45 : 45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the LORD.
  • Ps 87:6 : 6 The LORD writes in the census book of the nations,“This one was born there.”(Selah)
  • Isa 4:3 : 3 Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
  • Rev 3:5 : 5 The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,
  • Exod 32:26-29 : 26 So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him, 27 and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” 28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died. 29 Moses said,“You have been consecrated today for the LORD, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”
  • Num 3:12 : 12 “Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

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  • Num 3:41-46
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    41And take the Levites for me– I am the LORD– instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

    42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

    43And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.

    44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the LORD.

    46And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

  • Num 3:11-16
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    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

    13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”

    14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:

    15“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”

    16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded.

  • Num 1:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1¶ Organizing the Census of the Israelites Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said:

    2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

  • Num 3:39
    82%

    39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the LORD, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.

  • Num 1:17-19
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    17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

    18and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,

    19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the desert of Sinai.

  • Exod 13:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The Law of the Firstborn The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

  • Num 26:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1A Second Census Required After the plague the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

    2“Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.”

    3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the rift valley plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,

    4“Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”

  • Exod 30:11-12
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    76%

    11The Ransom Money The LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

  • Num 26:62
    76%

    62Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

  • Num 4:1
    75%

    1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 1:45-46
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    45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.

    46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

  • Num 8:16-18
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    16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

    17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

    18So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

  • Num 3:34
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    34Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.

  • Num 1:48
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    48The LORD had said to Moses,

  • Num 3:50
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    50From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • Num 4:46
    73%

    46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

  • Exod 13:15
    73%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

  • Num 26:52
    73%

    52Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 2:33
    73%

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 4:34
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    34Summary So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

  • Exod 12:29
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    29The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

  • Exod 12:1
    72%

    1The Institution of the Passover The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • Num 4:40
    72%

    40those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.

  • Num 33:4
    72%

    4Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.

  • Num 4:49
    72%

    49According to the word of the LORD they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 11:5
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    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.