Numbers 3:49

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

Numbers 3:49 in Other Translations

49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites.

49 So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of Levites.

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the ones redeemed by 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 collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

48 Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

50 From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

51 Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. ver 48