Numbers 3:49

Moses collected the redemption money for those extra Israelites that were more than the number redeemed by the Levites.

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In The King James Version

And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

In Context

48He handed the money over to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra Israelites.”

50He collected the money given on behalf of the Israelites' firstborn children. It came to 1,365 shekels (using the sanctuary shekel standard).

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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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