Numbers 3:40

“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.”

"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
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What does Numbers 3:40 mean?

Numbers 3: 40 in the King James Version of the Bible says, "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." This verse is part of the larger narrative found in the…

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The Significance of Counting: A Call to Recognition and Commitment

In Numbers 3:40, we encounter a divine directive that carries profound implications for both the nation of Israel and for believers today: "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…

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A Prayer of Acknowledgment and Dedication for the Firstborn

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the sacredness and significance of Your Word, particularly as found in Numbers 3:40, where You instructed Moses to "Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take…

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Numbers 3:40 - "¶ 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 7:40 - "One kid of the goats for a sin offering:"
Numbers 22:40 - "And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him."
Numbers 29:40 - "And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses."
Numbers 31:40 - "And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons."
Numbers 32:40 - "And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein."
Numbers 26:40 - "And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites."
Numbers 15:40 - "That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God."
"One kid of the goats for a sin offering:" - Numbers 7:40
Numbers 33:40 - "And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel."
Numbers 4:40 - "Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty."
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." - Isaiah 40:3
Job 40:3 - "¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
Numbers 1:40 - "¶ Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;"
Exodus 40:3 - "And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail."
Lamentations 3:40 - "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD."
"¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said," - Job 40:3
"And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses." - Numbers 29:40
"And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him." - Numbers 22:40
"And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons." - Numbers 31:40
Genesis 40:3 - "And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound."
"And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein." - Numbers 32:40
Numbers 16:40 - "To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses."
Numbers 14:40 - "¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned."
"And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites." - Numbers 26:40
Numbers 3:41
Isaiah 40:3 - "¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
"That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God." - Numbers 15:40
"And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel." - Numbers 33:40