Numbers 3:40
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 3:40 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 3:40 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upwar..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 3:40 — KJV
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.”
— Numbers 3:40 (KJV)
Numbers 3:40 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 3:40
“And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 3:40: number, firstborn, males
“Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 3:40: lord, moses, children
“And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 3:40: number, males, children
“And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 3:40: number, children, israel
“And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 3:40: lord, moses, number
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