This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 ([Reference …

The money of those who were redeemed. —Better, the ransom (or, redemption) money.

And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed
That were redeemed this way, and not by Levites, as in ([Referen…

The number of the firstborn, and that of the Levites, were close to each other. Known to God are all His works beforehand; there is an exact propor…