Numbers 3:40-51

The Redemption of the Firstborn

⁴⁰ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names; ⁴¹ and thou hast taken the Levites for Me (I 'am' Jehovah), instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel.' ⁴² And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And all the first-born—male—by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are two and twenty thousand two hundred and seventy and three. ⁴⁴ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ 'Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I 'am' Jehovah. ⁴⁶ 'And 'from' those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy and three (who are more than the Levites) of the first-born of the sons of Israel, ⁴⁷ thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll—by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel 'is'; ⁴⁸ and thou hast given the money to Aaron, and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.' ⁴⁹ And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites; ⁵⁰ from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five—by the shekel of the sanctuary; ⁵¹ and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.