Numbers 3:49

Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were 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

48and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”

50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand and three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

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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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