Numbers 3 · Verse 50

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 3:50, King James Version

Numbers 3:50 in other translations

BSBHe collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
WEBfrom the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
ASVfrom the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
YLTfrom the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five--by the shekel of the sanctuary;
DARBYof the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
BBEFrom the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;
WebsterOf the first-born of the children of Israel he took the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

What does Numbers 3:50 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…

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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…

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Numbers 3:50 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מֵאֵ֗תme.'Etfrom withH854
בְּכ֛וֹרbe.Khor[the] firstborn ofH1060
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לָקַ֣חla.Kachhe tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכָּ֑סֶףha.Ka.sefthe moneyH3701
חֲמִשָּׁ֨הcha.mi.ShahfiveH2568
וְשִׁשִּׁ֜יםve.shi.Shimand sixtyH8346
וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁu.she.Loshand threeH7969
מֵא֛וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
וָאֶ֖לֶףva.'E.lefand one thousandH505
בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלbe.She.kelby [the] shekel ofH8255
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃ha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 3:50

  • Numbers 3:46-47

    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; 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:)

  • Matthew 20:28

    Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

  • 1 Timothy 2:5-6

    For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Hebrews 9:12

    Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

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46,47; Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:5,6; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12; 1Pe 1:18; 3:18

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Context

  • 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 3:51

    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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Numbers 3:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y recibió de los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel en dinero, mil trescientos sesenta y cinco siclos, conforme al siclo del santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
il prit l’argent de la part des premiers-nés des fils d’Israël, 1 365 sicles, selon le sicle du sanctuaire.
German
Elberfelder 1871
von den Erstgeborenen der Kinder Israel nahm er das Geld, 1365 Sekel, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum juxta pondus sanctuarii: