Numbers 3:44-51

English Standard Version

⁴⁴ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^45 (A)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And ^(B)as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites, ⁴⁷ you shall take ^(C)five shekels^[a] per head; you shall take them according to ^(D)the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs^[b]), ⁴⁸ and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.” ⁴⁹ So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites. ⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, ^(E)1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁵¹ And Moses ^(F)gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.