Numbers 3:45
“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And for those that are to be redeemed, &c. With money, there being not Levites enough to answer to them, and exchange…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Numbers 3:44-51
This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 3:40-51
Here is the exchange made of the Levites for the first-born. 1. The first-born were numbered from a month old, Num 3:42,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Numbers 3:40-51
The substitution of the Levites for the first-born.