Numbers - 3:44



44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 3:44.

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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord said to Moses,
Loquutusque est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the "youngest" children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:43. The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken in the gross as an equivalent for the first-born cattle of the other tribes, which of course, no less than the first-born of men, belonged to the Lord; and in future would have to be redeemed Numbers 18:15; Deuteronomy 15:19.

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it:
saying; as follows.

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