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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 3, Verse 46

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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.
King James Version
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;
American Standard Version
And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above [the number of] the Levites,
New English Translation
And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,
World English Bible
For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of 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:)
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And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
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And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
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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:
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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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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things:
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And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: