Numbers 3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Numbers 3:49 in other translations
| BSB | So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites. |
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| WEB | Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites; |
| ASV | And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites; |
| YLT | And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites; |
| DARBY | And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites; |
| BBE | So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites; |
| Webster | And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: |
What does Numbers 3:49 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:40-51
40-51. Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel, &c.--The principle on which the enumeration of the Levites had been made was now to be applied to the other tribes. The number of their male children, from a month old and upward, was to be reckoned, in order that a comparison might be instituted with that of the Levites, for the formal adoption of the latter as substitutes for the first-born…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:40-51
The number of the first-born, and that of the Levites, came near to each other. Known unto God are all his works beforehand; there is an exact proportion between them, and so it will appear, when they are compared together. The small number of first-born, over and above the number of the Levites, were to be redeemed, and the redemption-money given to Aaron. The church is called the church of the first-born, which is…
Numbers 3:49 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 3:48
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
- Numbers 3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
- Numbers 3:50
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:
Numbers 3:49 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tomó, pues, Moisés el dinero del rescate de los que resultaron de más de los redimidos por los Levitas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse prit l’argent du rachat, de ceux qui étaient de plus que le nombre de ceux qui avaient été rachetés par les Lévites; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose nahm das Lösegeld von denen, welche überzählig waren über die durch die Leviten Gelösten; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tulit igitur Moyses pecuniam eorum, qui fuerant amplius, et quos redemerant a Levitis, |