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40 The LORD said to Moses: Enroll all the oldest males of the Israelites over one month of age and record their names.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.
41 Take the Levites for me, in place of all the oldest sons of the Israelites, for I am the LORD, and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the oldest cattle of the Israelites.
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Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the LORD.”
42 Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the LORD commanded.
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So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.
43 All the oldest males over one month old, recorded by name according to their enrollment, were 22,273.
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The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
44 Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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The LORD also said to Moses,
45 Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the LORD.
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“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.
46 To rescue the 273 remaining oldest Israelites over and above the number of Levites,
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To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,
47 you will receive five shekels each. You will receive them according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
48 You will give the money for their rescue to Aaron and his sons.
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Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”
49 So Moses took the money from those rescued over and above the ones rescued by the Levites.
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So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.
50 He took the money from the oldest of the Israelites, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
51 Moses gave the money for those rescued to Aaron and his sons according to the LORD's word, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.
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