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Yahweh said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
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A Practical Comparison
Commentators explain that God's command to number the firstborn males was a practical step. The purpose was to compare their total number with the total number of Levites. This comparison was necessary to determine how the substitution would work and how many firstborn would need to be redeemed by other means.
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Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Moses After he had taken the number of the Levites:
number all the firstborn…
Presbyterian
The number of the firstborn, and that of the Levites, were close to each other. Known to God are all His works beforehand; there is an exact propor…
