Numbers 3:39-51 ▼

39 And the whole summe of the Leuites whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde throughout their kinredes, euen all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was twentie and two thousande.

40 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Number all ye first borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde and aboue, and take the number of their names.

41 And thou shalt appoynt the Leuites to me (for I am the Lorde) for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel.

42 And Moyses numbred, as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel.

43 And all the first borne males, rehearsed by their names, from a moneth olde and aboue, accordyng to their number, were twentie and two thousande, two hundred and threscore and thirteene.

44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

45 Take the Leuites for al the first borne of the chyldren of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattell, & the Leuites shalbe myne: I am the Lorde.

46 And for the redeeming of the two hundred and threscore and thirteene, which are mo then the Leuites in the first borne of the chyldren of Israel.

47 Take fiue sicles of euery head, after the wayght of the sanctuarie, the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs.

48 And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes.

49 And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed, beyng mo then the Leuites:

50 Of the first borne of the children of Israel toke he this money: euen a thousande three hundred and three score and fiue sicles, after ye sicle of the sanctuarie.

51 And Moyses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes, according to the word of the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.