Mínshùjì 3:46

46 Yǐsèliè rén zhōng tóushēng de nánzǐ Bǐlì wèi rén duō èr bǎi qī shí sān gè , bì dàng jiàng tāmen shú chūlai .

Mínshùjì 3:46 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:46

And for those that are to be redeemed
With money, there being not Levites enough to answer to them, and exchange for them:

of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the
children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
for the sum total of the Levites, as given, was but 22,000, ( Numbers 3:39 ) , whereas the sum total of the firstborn of Israel were 22,273, ( Numbers 3:43 ) , so that there were, two hundred seventy three more of the latter than of the former; and what was to be done with these next follows.

Mínshùjì 3:46 In-Context

44 Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,
45 Nǐ jiǎnxuǎn Lìwèi rén daìtì Yǐsèliè rén suǒ yǒu tóushēng de , yĕ qǔ Lìwèi rén de shēngchù daìtì Yǐsèliè rén de shēngchù . Lìwèi rén yào guī wǒ . wǒ shì Yēhéhuá .
46 Yǐsèliè rén zhōng tóushēng de nánzǐ Bǐlì wèi rén duō èr bǎi qī shí sān gè , bì dàng jiàng tāmen shú chūlai .
47 Nǐ yào àn rén dīng , zhào shèng suǒ de píng , mĕi rén qǔ shú yín wǔ Shĕkèlè ( yī Shĕkèlè shì èr shí jìla ) ,
48 Bǎ nà duō yú zhī rén de shú yín jiāo gĕi Yàlún hé tāde érzi .
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