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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Numbers 3:48

and shalt give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, - as the ransom of them that are in excess over them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Firstborn;   Money;   Priest;   Redemption;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dues, Priests';   Leaders;   Levites;   Ministers;   Priests;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Redeem, Redemption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Firstborn;   Job;   Moses;   Number;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Presentation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Levites ;   Redemption;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ransom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Primogeniture;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aharon and to his sons."
King James Version
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
Lexham English Bible
You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them."
New Century Version
Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the payment for the 273 Israelites."
New English Translation
And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons."
Amplified Bible
and give the money, the ransom (redemption price) of those who outnumber the Levites to Aaron and to his sons."
New American Standard Bible
and you shall give the money, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.
Legacy Standard Bible
and give the money, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons."
Contemporary English Version
This money must then be given to Aaron and his sons."
Complete Jewish Bible
Give the redemption money for these extra people to Aharon and his sons."
Darby Translation
and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as payment for the 273 Israelites.'"
English Standard Version
and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over."
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall give the money wherewith the excess number of them is to be redeemed to Aaron and to his sons.
Good News Translation
and give this money to Aaron and his sons."
Christian Standard Bible®
Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites.”
Literal Translation
And you shall give the silver to Aaron, and to his sons, of the redeemed over and above among them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& the money yt remayneth ouer their nobre, shalt thou geue vnto Aaron and his sonnes.
American Standard Version
and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
Bible in Basic English
And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt give the money wherewith they that remain over of them are redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.'
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt giue the money, wherewith the odde number of them is to be redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.
English Revised Version
and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.
Berean Standard Bible
Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt yyue the money to Aaron and to hise sones, the prijs of hem that ben aboue.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast given the money to Aaron, and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.'
Update Bible Version
and you shall give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt give to Aaron and to his sons the money, with which the odd number of them is to be redeemed.
World English Bible
and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
New King James Version
And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons."
New Living Translation
Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons."
New Life Bible
Give the money, the price of those who are more in number than the Levites, to Aaron and his sons."
New Revised Standard
Give to Aaron and his sons the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.
Revised Standard Version
and give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and give the money, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons."

Contextual Overview

40 And Yahweh said unto Moses: Number thou every firstborn male belonging to the sons of Israel, from one month old and upwards, - and reckon up the number of their names; 41 then shalt thou take the Levites for me, me Yahweh, instead of every firstborn among the sons of Ishmael, - also the cattle of the Levites, instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42 So then Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, - every firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And it was so - that all the firstborn of the males in the counting of names from one month old and upwards of such as were numbered of them, - were two-and-twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy-three. 44 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: - 45 Take the Levites, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, instead of their cattle, - so shall the Levites belong unto me, me Yahweh; 46 and as the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three, - who are mere than the Levites, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, - by the shekel of the sanctuary, shalt thou take it, twenty gerahs to the shekel; 48 and shalt give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, - as the ransom of them that are in excess over them. 49 So Moses took the redemption silver from them who were in excess over them who were redeemed by the Levites:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:39 - and Aaron Numbers 3:51 - Moses

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,.... Or the superfluous number, the number of them that exceeded the Levites, namely, two hundred seventy three; the price of their redemption is ordered to be given

unto Aaron, and to his sons; since the Levites were taken in lieu of the firstborn, whose redemption money belonged to the priests; and seeing the Levites were given to Aaron and his sons on that consideration, and there being a deficiency of them to answer to the firstborn, it was but right and just that the redemption price of the superfluous number should be paid to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:43. The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken in the gross as an equivalent for the first-born cattle of the other tribes, which of course, no less than the first-born of men, belonged to the Lord; and in future would have to be redeemed Numbers 18:15; Deuteronomy 15:19.


 
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