Numbers 3:44

44 ADONAI said to Moshe,

Numbers 3:44 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:44

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 3:44 In-Context

42 Moshe counted, as ADONAI had ordered him, all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el.
43 The total number of firstborn males registered, a month old and over, of those who were counted, was 22,273.
44 ADONAI said to Moshe,
45 "Take the L'vi'im in place of all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el, and the cattle of the L'vi'im in place of their cattle; the L'vi'im are to belong to me, ADONAI.
46 Since there were 273 more firstborn males from Isra'el than male L'vi'im, in order to redeem them,
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