39. The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the Lord’s command was 22,000.
40. The Lord told Moses: “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.
41. You are to take the Levites for Me — I am Yahweh — in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.”
42. So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.
43. The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.
44. The Lord spoke to Moses again: