Numbers 3:39–51

³⁹All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the ¹command of Yahweh by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were ^a22,000.

Redemption of the Firstborn

⁴⁰Then Yahweh said to Moses, “^aNumber every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and ¹make a list of their names.

⁴¹“And you ^ashall take the Levites for Me, I am Yahweh, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”

⁴²So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded him;

⁴³and all the firstborn males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were ^a22,273.

⁴⁴Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁵“^aTake the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.

⁴⁶“^aFor the redemption price of the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,

⁴⁷you shall take ^afive ¹shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in ^bterms of the shekel of the sanctuary (^cthe shekel is twenty ²gerahs),

⁴⁸and give the money, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons.”

⁴⁹So Moses took the money of the redemption price from those who were in excess, beyond those redeemed by the Levites;

⁵⁰from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.

⁵¹Then Moses gave the money of the redemption price to Aaron and to his sons, at the ¹command of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.