Numbers 3:49
in Numbers 3So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
KJV
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Numbers 3:40-51
The excess of the general over the Levitical first-born is so small, that the only way of accounting for it is, by supposing those first-born only were counted as were males remaining in their parents' household, or that those first-born only were numbered which had been born since the departure from Egypt, when God claimed all the first-born as his special property.
This site's exposition
And Moses took the redemption money
on Numbers 3:49-51
The sum is a thousand three hundred and sixty five shekels, which is two hundred and seventy three multiplied by five, and the text writes the arithmetic out instead of leaving it to be assumed. Nothing here says how the two hundred and seventy three were picked out of the whole number, and Jewish tradition supplies a drawing of lots that the chapter never mentions. A claim made on the night of the passover in Egypt is closed out in silver, and the tribe that replaced the firstborn now stands around the tent in their place.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כֶּ֣סֶף | kesef | [the] money of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| הַפִּדְי֑וֹם | hapidyom | the ransom | H6306 → | |
| מֵאֵת֙ | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔ים | haodefim | those [who] were in excess | H5736 → | 9 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּדוּיֵ֥י | peduyei | [the] ransom<s> of | H6302 → | 4 times |
| הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כֶּ֣סֶף[the] money of
kesefH3701 →403 times
הַפִּדְי֑וֹםthe ransom
hapidyomH6306 →
מֵאֵת֙from with
meetH854 →929 times
הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔יםthose [who] were in excess
haodefimH5736 →9 times
עַ֖לto
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
פְּדוּיֵ֥י[the] ransom<s> of
peduyeiH6302 →4 times
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃the Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.