Numbers 3:39–51

³⁹The total number of Levites counted^s at the Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.^t

⁴⁰The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more^u and make a list of their names.^{v 41}Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites,^w and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”^x

⁴²So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. ⁴³The total number of firstborn males a month old or more,^y listed by name, was 22,273.^z

⁴⁴The Lord also said to Moses, 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 are to be mine.^a I am the Lord.^{b 46}To redeem^c the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷collect five shekels^cd for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,^e which weighs twenty gerahs.^{f 48}Give the money for the redemption^g of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”^h

⁴⁹So Moses collected the redemption moneyⁱ from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. ⁵⁰From the firstborn of the Israelites^j he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels,^dk according to the sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.