Numbers 1:54

1:54 The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses ¹  – that is what they did.

Numbers 2:33

2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 3:42

3:42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

Numbers 17:11

17:11 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him – this is what he did.

Numbers 20:9

20:9 So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.

Numbers 29:40

29:40 (30:1) ²  So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. ³ 

Numbers 31:7

31:7 They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male. ⁴ 

Numbers 31:31

31:31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 36:10

36:10 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did.

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¹ tc The LXX adds “and Aaron.”

² sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

³ tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ sn Many modern biblical scholars assume that this passage is fictitious. The text says that they killed every male, but Judges accounts for the Midianites. The texts can be harmonized rather simply – they killed every Midianite who was in the battle. Midianite tribes and cities dotted the whole region, but that does not mean Israel went and killed every single one of them. There apparently was a core of Midianites whom Balaam had influenced to pervert Israel.