39. Moses and Aaron counted the Levite men. The Lord commanded this. There were 22,000 males one month old or older.
40. The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn sons in Israel one month old or older. List their names.
41. Take the Levites for me instead of the firstborn sons of Israel. Take the animals of the Levites instead of the firstborn animals from the rest of Israel. I am the Lord.”
42. So Moses did what the Lord commanded. Moses counted all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.
43. He listed all the firstborn sons one month old or older. There were 22,273 names.
44. The Lord also said to Moses,