Numbers 3:46

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And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

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  • Exod 13:13 : 13 Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
  • Num 18:15-16 : 15 The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem. 16 And those that must be redeemed you are to redeem when they are a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel(which is twenty gerahs).

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  • Num 3:47-51
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    47collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel(this shekel is twenty gerahs).

    48And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons.”

    49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

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

    51Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Num 3:39-45
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    39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the LORD, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.

    40The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

    41And take the Levites for me– I am the LORD– instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

    42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

    43And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.

    44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the LORD.

  • Num 3:11-15
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    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

    13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”

    14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:

    15“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”

  • Num 8:14-18
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    14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

    15“After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

    16For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

    17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

    18So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

  • Num 4:46
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    46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

  • Exod 13:1-2
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    1The Law of the Firstborn The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

  • Num 1:45-47
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    45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.

    46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

    47The Exemption of the Levites But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

  • Num 18:15-16
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    15The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

    16And those that must be redeemed you are to redeem when they are a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel(which is twenty gerahs).

  • Num 26:62-63
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    62Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

    63These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

  • Exod 13:15
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    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

  • Exod 13:12-13
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    12then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have– the males will be the LORD’s.

    13Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

  • Num 31:46
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    46and 16,000 people.

  • Num 2:33
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    33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Exod 30:12
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    12“When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

  • 1 Chr 12:26
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    26From Levi there were 4,600.

  • Num 31:37
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    37the LORD’s tribute from the sheep was 675.

  • Num 4:40
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    40those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.

  • Num 4:44
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    44those of them numbered by their families were 3,200.

  • Lev 27:26
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    26Redemption of the Firstborn“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the LORD as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:33
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    33and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.

  • 1 Chr 23:3
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    3The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.

  • Num 31:30
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    30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

  • Num 26:51
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    51Total Number and Division of the Land These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.

  • Num 4:36
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    36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.

  • Num 31:43
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    43there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,

  • Gen 46:11
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    11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.