Numbers 3:40-51

Numbers 3:40-51

[40] And the LORD  said  unto Moses,  Number  all the firstborn  of the males  of the children  of Israel  from a month  old  and upward,  and take  the number  of their names.  [41] And thou shalt take  the Levites  for me (I am the LORD)  instead of all the firstborn  among the children  of Israel;  and the cattle  of the Levites  instead of all the firstlings  among the cattle  of the children  of Israel.  [42] And Moses  numbered,  as the LORD  commanded  him, all the firstborn  among the children  of Israel.  [43] And all the firstborn  males  by the number  of names,  from a month  old  and upward,  of those that were numbered  of them, were twenty  and two  thousand  two hundred  and threescore and thirteen.  [44] And the LORD  spake  unto Moses,  saying,  [45] Take  the Levites  instead of all the firstborn  among the children  of Israel,  and the cattle  of the Levites  instead of their cattle;  and the Levites  shall be mine: I am the LORD.  [46] And for those that are to be redeemed  of the two hundred  and threescore and thirteen  of the firstborn  of the children  of Israel,  which are more  than  the Levites;  [47] Thou shalt even take  five  shekels  apiece by the poll,  after the shekel  of the sanctuary  shalt thou take  them: (the shekel  is twenty  gerahs:)  [48] And thou shalt give  the money,  wherewith the odd number  of them is to be redeemed,  unto Aaron  and to his sons.  [49] And Moses  took  the redemption  money  of them that were over  and above them that were redeemed  by the Levites:  [50] Of the firstborn  of the children  of Israel  took  he the money;  a thousand  three  hundred  and threescore  and five  shekels, after the shekel  of the sanctuary:  [51] And Moses  gave  the money  of them that were redeemed  unto Aaron  and to his sons,  according to the word  of the LORD,  commanded  Moses.