Numbers 3:46

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But since there are more firstborn sons than Levites, the extra two hundred and seventy-three men and boys must be bought back from me.

Cross References

Exodus 13:13

You can save the life of a firstborn donkey by sacrificing a lamb; if you don't, you must break the donkey's neck. You must save every firstborn son.

Exodus 13:15

The king stubbornly refused to set us free, so the LORD killed the firstborn male of every animal and the firstborn son of every Egyptian family. This is why we sacrifice to the LORD every firstborn male of every animal and save every firstborn son.”