NSB(i)
41 »I am Jehovah. Take the Levites for me to be substitutes for all firstborn Israelites. Also take the animals of the Levites to be substitutes for all firstborn animals of the Israelites.«
42 Moses registered all the firstborn Israelites as Jehovah commanded him.
43 The total of all the firstborn males at least one month old was twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy three. They were listed by name.
44 Jehovah said to Moses:
45 »Take the Levites to be substitutes for all the firstborn Israelites and the animals of the Levites to be substitutes for their animals. The Levites will be mine. I am Jehovah.