Redemption of the Firstborn
40
Then the LORD said to Moses: u "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.
41
v "And you shall take the Levites for Me - I am the LORD - instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."
42
So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.
43
And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
45
w "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the LORD.
46
"And for x the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, y who are more than the number of the Levites,
47
"you shall take z five shekels for each one a individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, b the shekel of twenty gerahs.
48
"And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons."
49
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites.
50
From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, c one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
51
And Moses d gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:15
"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above."
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:12
Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the LORD.
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:12
Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore 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 children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."
-
Cross References
Exodus 13:13
But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Exodus 13:15
'And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
Numbers 18:15
Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Numbers 18:16
And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:39
All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.
Numbers 3:43
And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
-
Cross References
Leviticus 27:6
And if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
Numbers 18:16
And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
-
Cross References
Numbers 1:2
Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male individually.
Numbers 1:18
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually.
Numbers 1:20
Now the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
-
Cross References
Exodus 30:13
This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:46
And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the number of the Levites.
Numbers 3:47
You shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.
-
Cross References
Numbers 3:48
"And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.