41. And you shall bring the Levites to me, in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and you shall bring their cattle to me, in place of all the firstborn of the cattle of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord."
42. Moses took a census, just as the Lord had instructed, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
43. And the males by their names, from one month and above, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
44. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
45. "Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
46. But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, which exceed the number of the Levites compared to the number of firstborn of the sons of Israel,
47. you shall take five shekels for each head, by the measure of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.
48. And you shall give the money to Aaron and his sons as the price of those that are in excess."
49. Therefore, Moses took the money for those that were in excess, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites
50. in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel: one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the weight of the Sanctuary.
51. And he gave it to Aaron and his sons, according to the word by which the Lord had instructed him.