Numbers 3:39–51

³⁹The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron^C registered by their clans at the Lord’s command was 22,000.

REDEMPTION OF THE FIRSTBORN

⁴⁰The Lord told Moses, “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites^p one month old or more, and list their names. ⁴¹You are to take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.” ⁴²So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. ⁴³The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

⁴⁴The Lord spoke to Moses again: ⁴⁵“Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord.^{q 46}As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, ⁴⁷collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel.^{Da 48}Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites.”

⁴⁹So Moses collected the redemption amount from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites. ⁵⁰He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels^E measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹He gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the Lord, just as the Lord commanded Moses.