Numbers 3:48

And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

In Context

47Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

49So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

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Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:41-51

40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord ) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the… Read the whole commentary →

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