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Numbers 3:16

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And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
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  1. Numbers 3:39Rank 1 from verse 16
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    39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

  2. Numbers 4:37Rank 2 from verse 16
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    37These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  3. Deuteronomy 21:5Rank 3 from verse 16
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    5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

  4. Numbers 3:51Rank 4 from verse 16
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    51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  5. Numbers 4:27Rank 5 from verse 16
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    27At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

  6. Numbers 4:41Rank 6 from verse 16
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    41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.

  7. Numbers 4:45Rank 7 from verse 16
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    45These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

  8. Numbers 4:49Rank 8 from verse 16
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    49According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  9. Genesis 45:21Rank 9 from verse 16
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    21And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

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Numbers 3:16

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numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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3:14¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

3:15Number 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.

3:16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

3:19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3:20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

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