Numbers 3:49

49 tulit igitur Moses pecuniam eorum qui fuerant amplius et quos redemerant a Levitis

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 accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram sanctuarii siclus habet obolos viginti

48 dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis eius pretium eorum qui supra sunt

49 tulit igitur Moses pecuniam eorum qui fuerant amplius et quos redemerant a Levitis

50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israhel mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum iuxta pondus sanctuarii

51 et dedit eam Aaroni et filiis eius iuxta verbum quod praeceperat sibi Dominus