04:003:040 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
04:003:041 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
04:003:042 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
04:003:043 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
04:003:044 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:003:045 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of
their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
04:003:046 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;
04:003:047 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:)
04:003:048 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of
them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
04:003:049 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and
above them that were redeemed by the Levites: