BRAGADAYJAH 388
Order of the Host – The First
Born Redeemed
Now the Lord spoke unto Moses
and ordered him to number all the first-born of the males of the children of
Israel from 1 month old and upwards and take the number of their names. And
take all the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of
Israel and the cattle of the Levites instead of the firstlings among the cattle
of the children of Israel.
So Moses numbered them, all
the first-born among the children of Israel and all the first-born males by the
number of names from a month old and up; and of those who were numbered the
number was twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy three.
And the Lord Commanded Moses
to take all the Levites instead of all the first-born of the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites
shall be the Lord’s.
And since the number of the
first-born are more than the number of the Levites, Moses was ordered to take
five shekels apiece by the poll, using the shekel of the sanctuary as a
standard of measurement, and give the odd number of them to be redeemed and
give the money to Aaron and his sons. Of the first-born of the Children of
Israel he took the money, one thousand three and sixty five shekels and gave to the money to Aaron and his sons.
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