And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons.”

You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord.

You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep – from every kind of animal – and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”