Numbers 3:43-46
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Levites Appointed for Service
43The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273.
44Then 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. 46There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons,
Numbers 3:43-46 (NLT)