The Lord spake Or had spoken; for he now relates what happened before the numbering of the people, the consecration of the Levites, and other matters recorded in the former Chapter s. In the first month This proves that it was before the numbering of the people, which was not till the second month, Numbers 1:1-2.
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Numbers 9:1
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,