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)
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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses took the redemption money,.... Of five shekels per head: of them that were over and above redeemed by the Levites; or were more than those redeemed by them. A Levite redeemed a firstborn, or freed him from the redemption price, being taken in lieu of him: 22,000 Levites were answerable to 22,000 firstborn of Israel; but as there were no more Levites than the above number, there remained two hundred seventy three firstborn to be redeemed by money, and it was the redemption money of these Moses took.
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.
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).