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Bible Verses About Redemption: Redemption money paid to priests

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Verses on Redemption money paid to priests

  1. Since there were 273 more firstborn males from Isra'el than male L'vi'im, in order to redeem them,

  2. you are to take five shekels [two ounces] for each of these (use the sanctuary shekel, which is equal to twenty gerahs).

  3. Give the redemption money for these extra people to Aharon and his sons."

  4. Moshe took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the L'vi'im;

  5. the amount of money he took from the firstborn of the people of Isra'el was 1,365 shekels, using the sanctuary shekel.

  6. Moshe gave the redemption-money to Aharon and his sons, in keeping with what ADONAI had said, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.