Numbers 3:15 · KJV
“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 3:15
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. {word: Heb. mouth}
Numbers 3 — Context
Because all the firstborn {are} mine; {for} on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I {am} the LORD.
14And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15Number 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.
16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. {word: Heb. mouth}
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Cross References
Numbers 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Mark 10:14
But when Jesus saw {it}, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Numbers 18:15-16
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, {whether it be} of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, {saying}, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. {of...: Heb. from afar} {with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee}
Numbers 3:22
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, {even} those that were numbered of them {were} seven thousand and five hundred.
Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.