40. Adonai said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of Bnei-Yisrael from one month old and upward and make a list of their names.
41. Set the Levites apart for me in place of all the firstborn of Bnei-Yisrael, and, all the livestock of the Levites in place of the firstborn of the livestock of Bnei-Yisrael. I am Adonai.”
42. So Moses counted all the firstborn of Bnei-Yisrael as Adonai commanded him.
43. The sum total of the firstborn males of Bnei-Yisrael, one month old and upward, listed by name, was 22,273.
44. Again Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
45. “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Bnei-Yisrael, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites will be Mine. I am Adonai.