King James Version
Numbers 3:14 in the King James Version says “And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,”
Numbers 3:14 · KJV
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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.
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. word: Heb. mouth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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