3:45. Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
3:46. But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites,
3:47. Thou shalt take five sicles for every bead, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
3:48. And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.
3:49. Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,
3:50. For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,
3:51. And gave it to Aaron and his sons according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.
Numbers Chapter 4
The age and time of the Levites' service: their offices and burdens.
4:1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying: