Redemption of the Firstborn

Numbers 3

40 And the Lord said to Moses, "List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names. 41 u And you shall take the Levites for me - I am the Lord - instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel." 42 So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him. 43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.

44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 v "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. 46 And w as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites, 47 you shall take x five shekels 1 per head; you shall take them according to y the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs 2 ), 48 and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over." 49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, z 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses a gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 3:12
    Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine.
    Numbers 3:45
    Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 3:12
    Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine.
    Numbers 3:41
    And you shall take the Levites for me - I am the Lord - instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 18:15 - 16
    Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
    Exodus 13:13
    Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 18:16
    And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
    Leviticus 27:6
    If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 3:46 - 47
    And as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 3:48
    And give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.
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