shekels. See App-51.
gerahs. See App-51.
This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:4...
The Redemption by Money of the Residue of the First-born. Cf. Numbers 3:12 f . Since the first-born of Israel (22,273) exceed the Levites (22,...
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them : (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of...
The Levites, Their Duties And Number Although Aaron and his family belong to the tribe of Levi ( Exodus 2:1 ) the term 'Levites' is usually employ...
See on Exodus 30:13 . Cp. Numbers 18:16 .
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll. — It is not stated in what manner the 273 families of whom the redemption money was exacted w...
2. THE FIRST-BORN Numbers 3:11-13 ; Numbers 3:40-51 These two passages supplement each other and may be taken together. Jehovah claims the fir...
The account of the arrangements for the service of the Levites is fully and carefully given in this and the following chapter. In the rites are certa...
The sum here appointed, amounted in value to about 2 shillings and 3 pence halfpenny of our current coin.
Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll ,.... Or head; every firstborn, or his parent for him, was bound to pay five shekels, which were a...
Five shekels Which was the price paid for the redemption of a firstborn a month old.
THE SONS OF AARON (vs.1-4) Aaron was the high priest, and in Israel a natural succession was practiced, as is not true in the Church of God today...
40 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the...
Five shekels apiece was the price to be paid for the redemption of a first-born a month old, Numbers 18:15,16 ; but this money, though paid for...
vii). The Make-up of the Levites And Their Substitution for the Firstborn ( Numbers 3:39-51 ). Numbers 3:39 ‘All who were numbered of the Levi...
Critical Notes.—“Muster of the Tribe of Levi. As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of head...
Numbers 3:9 . Thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron. God has a sovereign right to choose and call his own ministers. The service of the tabernacle...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN ( Numbers 3:1-4 ). Numbers 3:1...
final regulations
thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll (about $3. 20), after the shekel of the Sanctuary shalt thou take them, this being the standar...
Exodus 30:13 ; Ezekiel 45:12 ; Leviticus 27:25 ; Leviticus 27:6 ; Numbers 18:16 ; Numbers 3:50
Five shekels — Which was the price paid for the redemption of a first — born a month old.
47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)