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New Living Translation

Numbers 3:51

And Moses gave the silver for the redemption to Aaron and his sons, just as the Lord had commanded.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Firstborn;   Money;   Priest;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Redeem, Redemption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Firstborn;   Job;   Moses;   Number;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Presentation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Levites ;   Redemption;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mediation;   Ransom;   Redeemer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Primogeniture;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and Moshe gave the redemption money to Aharon and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.
King James Version
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord commanded Moses.
Lexham English Bible
And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the word of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New Century Version
Moses obeyed the command of the Lord and gave the silver to Aaron and his sons.
New English Translation
Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Amplified Bible
Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and to his sons at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses gave the money of the redemption price to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Contemporary English Version
Then he gave it to Aaron and his sons, just as the Lord had commanded.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe gave the redemption-money to Aharon and his sons, in keeping with what Adonai had said, as Adonai had ordered Moshe.
Darby Translation
And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of Jehovah,—as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and gave the silver to Aaron and his sons. He did it just as the Lord had told him.
English Standard Version
And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord commanded Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Good News Translation
and gave them to Aaron and his sons.
Christian Standard Bible®
He gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the Lord, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Literal Translation
And Moses shall give the silver of those redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to Jehovah's command, as Jehovah has commanded Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& gaue it vnto Aaron and his sonnes, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
American Standard Version
and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Bible in Basic English
And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes, according to the word of the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he yaf that money to Aaron and to hise sones, bi the word which the Lord comaundide to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
and Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
World English Bible
and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New King James Version
And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
New Life Bible
Then Moses gave the money to Aaron and his sons, just as the Lord had told Moses by His Word.
New Revised Standard
and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses gave the redemption silver to Aaron and to his sons at the bidding of Yahweh, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And gave it to Aaron and his sons according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.
Revised Standard Version
and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contextual Overview

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names. 41 The Levites must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn sons of Israel; I am the Lord . And the Levites' livestock must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the whole nation of Israel." 42 So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded. 43 The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273. 44 Then the Lord said to Moses, 45 "Take the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. And take the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord . 46 There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons, 47 collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs). 48 Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons." 49 So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of Levites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Moses: Numbers 3:48, Numbers 16:15, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, Acts 20:33, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Peter 5:2

as the Lord: Malachi 4:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:16 - word Numbers 3:39 - and Aaron Numbers 4:49 - According to the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed,.... That were redeemed this way, and not by Levites, as in Numbers 3:49, but by money, paying five shekels a head:

unto Aaron and his sons; to whom the Levites were given; and this money, as a recompence for the deficiency of the number of them, to answer to the firstborn exchanged for them:

according to the word of the Lord; Numbers 3:48;

as the Lord commanded Moses; so did he, being a faithful servant in all things in the house of God; he did not convert it to his own use, or to any other use than to what God had appointed it.

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.


 
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