Numbers 3:50 meaning and explanation
He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Numbers 3:50, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD had claimed every firstborn Israelite at the exodus, but he took the Levites in their place to serve the tabernacle. Because the Levites numbered 22,000 and the firstborn 22,273, 273 men were left without a substitute.
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