Numbers 3:5
5 The Lord said to Moses,
Other Translations of Numbers 3:5
King James Version
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
English Standard Version
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
The Message
5 God spoke to Moses. He said,
New King James Version
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
New Living Translation
5 Then the Lord said to Moses,
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:5
Commentary on Numbers 3:1-13
(Read Numbers 3:1-13)
There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find help for. The Levites were taken instead of the first-born. When He that made us, saves us, as the first-born of Israel were saved, we are laid under further obligations to serve him faithfully. God's right to us by redemption, confirms the right he has to us by creation.