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For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that are over and above [the number of] the Levites,
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The Redemption Ransom
Commentators explain the straightforward math of the verse: there were 22,273 firstborn sons but only 22,000 Levites to substitute for them. This left a remainder of 273 firstborn who, lacking a Levite counterpart, had to be redeemed from their service obligation through a monetary payment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 ([Reference …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And for those that are to be redeemed With money, there being not Levites enough to answer to them, and exchange for…
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…
