Numbers 3:49

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

Numbers 3:49 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:49

And Moses took the redemption money
Of five shekels per head:

of them that were over and above redeemed by the Levites;
or were more than those redeemed by them. A Levite redeemed a firstborn, or freed him from the redemption price, being taken in lieu of him: 22,000 Levites were answerable to 22,000 firstborn of Israel; but as there were no more Levites than the above number, there remained two hundred seventy three firstborn to be redeemed by money, and it was the redemption money of these Moses took.

Numbers 3:49 In-Context

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.

51 And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the {word} of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.