Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Numbers 3:46 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And for those 273 who are to be redeemed of the firstborn of the Israelites who outnumber the Levites, American Standard Version (1901) And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites, Common English Bible To rescue the 273 remaining oldest Israelites over and above the number of Levites, Catholic Public Domain Version 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, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites, |
Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.
For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.’