World English Bible
Numbers 3:49
“Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;”
Verse in context — Numbers 3
47
you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
48
and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
49
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
50
from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51
and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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