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Numbers 3:51

Numbers 3:51
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 3:44-51

This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Num 3:43. The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 3:40-51

Here is the exchange made of the Levites for the first-born. 1. The first-born were numbered from a month old, Num 3:42, Num 3:43. Those certainly were not reckoned who, though first-born, had become…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 3:40-51

The substitution of the Levites for the first-born.