For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
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For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
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And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
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And as for the redemption of the two hundred and three score and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites,
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Numbers 3:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 13:13 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 you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
- Numbers 18:15-16 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll,....…
Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll,.... Or head; every firstborn, or his parent for him, was bound to pay five shekels, which were about eleven or twelve shillings of our money, and which was afterwards settled as the price of such a redemption, Num 18:16,
after the shekel of the sanctuary shall thou take them; being full weight according to the standard there kept:
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the shekel is twenty gerahs; See Gill on Lev 27:25.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain For those that are to be redeemed - 'Tis…
For those that are to be redeemed - 'Tis probable, in the exchange they began with the eldest of the first-born, and so downwards, so that those were to be redeemed, who were the two hundred, seventy three youngest of them.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 3:46. For those that are to be redeemed…
Num 3:46. For those that are to be redeemed — It is probable, in the exchange they began with the eldest of the firstborn, and so downward, so that those were to be redeemed who were the two hundred and seventy- three youngest of them.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Levites, omitting the 300, as ver. 39. For each…
Levites, omitting the 300, as ver. 39. For each of these 273, five sicles were to be paid, the price of the redemption of a child who had been vowed, Leviticus xxvii. 6. The money was to be paid either by those who were counted last, or by a tax laid upon all the people, or it was determined by lot who should pay it. The Scripture is silent on this head. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 46, 47. The Levites number 22,000, but the first-born…
46, 47. The Levites number 22,000, but the first-born 22,273. The remaining 273 must therefore be redeemed by a payment of five shekels for each.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 for the redemption of
for the redemption of
The noun "redemption" can be translated with the verb "redeem." AT: "to redeem" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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273 firstborn
"two hundred and seventy-three firstborn" (See: Numbers)
firstborn people of Israel
"firstborn sons of Israel"
five shekels
A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. AT: "about 55 grams of silver" (See: Biblical Weight and Biblical Money)
who exceed the number of the Levites
This means that there are 273 more firstborn males among the other tribes of the Israelites than there are total number of Levite males.
You must use the shekel of the sanctuary as your standard weight
This means that the shekel must weight the same as those in the sanctuary. AT: "You must use the weight of the shekels in the sanctuary as your stand weight" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
twenty gerahs
"20 gerahs." A gerah is a unit of weight equal to about .57 kilograms. (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
the price of redemption that you paid
Here the word "price" refers to the shekels that Moses collected. AT: "the money that you collected for their redemption" (See: Metonymy)
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redeem
firstborn
sanctuary
Aaron
son
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