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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel ,
from a month old and upward ,
taking their number by names .
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And you shall take the Levites for me--I am the LORD--instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel ."
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So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
as the LORD commanded him .
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And all the first-born males ,
according to the number of names ,
from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three .
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ;
and the Levites shall be mine :
I am the LORD .
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And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel ,
over and above the number of the male Levites ,
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you shall take five shekels apiece ;
reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary ,
the shekel of twenty gerahs ,
you shall take them ,
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and give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons ."
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So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites ;
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from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money ,
one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels ,
reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary ;
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and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .