OET interlinear NUM 1:48

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה

and=he/it_spoke YHWH

The word And indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [The reason for this is that Yahweh spoke]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה

and=he/it_spoke YHWH

The previous verse describes how the Levites were not included in the census. If it is helpful in your language, you might want to make it clear that the account that starts in this verse happened before the census was taken. The UST does that by using the phrase “had told.” Alternate translation: [And Yahweh previously spoke]