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Text -- Numbers 3:40-51 (NET)
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The Substitution for the Firstborn
3:40 Then the Lord said to Moses , “Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward , and take the number of their names .
3:41 And take the Levites for me– I am the Lord – instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites , and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites .”
3:42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites , as the Lord had commanded him.
3:43 And all the firstborn males , by the number of the names from a month old and upward , totaled 22,273 .
3:44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
3:45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites , and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock . And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord .
3:46 And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites ,
3:47 collect five shekels for each one individually ; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs ).
3:48 And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons .”
3:49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites .
3:50 From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money , 1,365 shekels , according to the sanctuary shekel.
3:51 Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons , according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Firstborn |
Encamp |
RANSOM |
Camp |
Redemption |
Priest |
Levites |
Census |
Money |
Gerah |
Shekel |
Substitution |
REDEEMER; REDEMPTION |
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 1 |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
CHILD; CHILDREN |
Weights |
First-born, Redemption of |
EGYPT |
FIRSTBORN; FIRSTLING |
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NET Notes: Num 3:40 The verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “take”) has here the sense of collect, take a census, or register the na...
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NET Notes: Num 3:41 The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it carries forward the instructions from the preceding verse. The verb “take”...
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NET Notes: Num 3:47 The sanctuary shekel was first mentioned in Exod 30:13. The half-shekel of Exod 38:26 would then be 10 gerahs. Consequently, the calculations would in...
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