Numbers 3:48

48 You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them."

Numbers 3:48 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:48

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of
them is to be redeemed
Or the superfluous number, the number of them that exceeded the Levites, namely, two hundred seventy three; the price of their redemption is ordered to be given

unto Aaron, and to his sons;
since the Levites were taken in lieu of the firstborn, whose redemption money belonged to the priests; and seeing the Levites were given to Aaron and his sons on that consideration, and there being a deficiency of them to answer to the firstborn, it was but right and just that the redemption price of the superfluous number should be paid to them.

Numbers 3:48 In-Context

46 And the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the {Israelites} who are excessive over the Levites,

47 you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs [per] shekel.

48 You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them."

49 And Moses received the money of the redemption from the ones who were excessive from those redeemed of the Levites.

50 From the firstborn of the {Israelites} he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel.