Numbers 3:45-47

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴⁵ “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine. I am the LORD.

⁴⁶ “And for the redeeming of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel (which is more than the Levites),

⁴⁷ “you shall also take five shekels for every person. You shall take it after the weight of the Sanctuary. The shekel contains twenty gerahs.