Bible verse

Numbers 3:46

To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

Numbers 3:46 · BSB

Numbers 3:46 in context

The verses around it, from Numbers 3.

42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

43 The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

44 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

46 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.

48 Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.

50 He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Numbers 3:46 in other translations

KJV

And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

ASV

And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites,

ERV

And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are over and above the number of the Levites,

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