Numbers 3:49

Bishop's Bible

And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed, beyng mo then the Leuites:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

King James Version
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

Lexham English Bible
And Moses received the money of the redemption from the ones who were excessive from those redeemed of the Levites.

New Century Version
So Moses collected the money for the people the Levites could not replace.

New English Translation
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

Amplified Bible
So Moses took the ransom (redemption) money from those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites;

New American Standard Bible
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of the number of those redeemed by the Levites;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being mo then the Leuites:

Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses took the money of the redemption price from those who were in excess, beyond those redeemed by the Levites;

Contemporary English Version
Moses collected the silver from the extra two hundred seventy-three first-born men and boys,

Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the L'vi'im;

Darby Translation
And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;

Easy-to-Read Version
There were not enough Levites to take the place of all the men from the other family groups, so Moses gathered the money for them.

English Standard Version
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites.

George Lamsa Translation
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;

Good News Translation
Moses obeyed and took

Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses collected the redemption amount from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites.

Literal Translation
And Moses shall take the redemption silver from those that are over and above those that were redeemed by the Levites,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then toke Moses ye redempcion money (that remayned ouer aboue the nombre of the Leuites)

American Standard Version
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;

Bible in Basic English
So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;

King James Version (1611)
And Moses tooke the redemption money, of them that were ouer and aboue them that were redeemed by the Leuites.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

English Revised Version
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

Berean Standard Bible
So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Moises took the money of hem that weren aboue, and whiche thei hadden ayenbouyt of the Leuytis, for the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel,

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

Update Bible Version
And Moses took the redemption-money from those that were over and above those that were redeemed by the Levites;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

World English Bible
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

New King James Version
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites.

New Living Translation
So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of Levites.

New Life Bible
So Moses took the money to pay for those who were more in number than the Levites.

New Revised Standard
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Moses took the redemption silver from them who were in excess over them who were redeemed by the Levites:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,

Revised Standard Version
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;

THE MESSAGE
So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. From the 273 firstborn Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels according to the Sanctuary shekel. Moses turned over the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of God .

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses took the ransom money from those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites;

Contextual Overview

⁴⁰ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Number all ye first borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde and aboue, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt appoynt the Leuites to me (for I am the Lorde) for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel. ⁴² And Moyses numbred, as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel. ⁴³ And all the first borne males, rehearsed by their names, from a moneth olde and aboue, accordyng to their number, were twentie and two thousande, two hundred and threscore and thirteene. ⁴⁴ And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: ⁴⁵ Take the Leuites for al the first borne of the chyldren of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattell, & the Leuites shalbe myne: I am the Lorde. ⁴⁶ And for the redeeming of the two hundred and threscore and thirteene, which are mo then the Leuites in the first borne of the chyldren of Israel. ⁴⁷ Take fiue sicles of euery head, after the wayght of the sanctuarie, the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs. ⁴⁸ And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes. ⁴⁹ And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed, beyng mo then the Leuites:

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:43. The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken in the gross as an equivalent for the first-born cattle of the other tribes, which of course, no less than the first-born of men, belonged to the Lord; and in future would have to be redeemed Numbers 18:15; Deuteronomy 15:19.