Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
And Moses took the redemption money,…. Of five shekels per head:
of them that were over and above redeemed by the Levites; or were more than those redeemed by them. A Levite redeemed a firstborn, or freed him from the redemption price, being taken in lieu of him: 22,000 Levites were answerable to 22,000 firstborn of Israel; but as there were no more Levites than the above number, there remained two hundred seventy three firstborn to be redeemed by money, and it was the redemption money of these Moses took.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ The redeemed of the Levites ” are the 22,000 who were redeemed by means of the Levites. In Num 3:50, the Chethibh is the correct reading, and the Keri an unnecessary emendation. The number of the first-born and that of the Levites has already been noticed in the introduction to Numbers 1.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(49) Redeemed by the Levites.i.e., who were redeemed by the substitution of the Levites in their place.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
The apostle Peter, hath given the best comment upon this, and other scriptures of the like nature, when he draws a line of everlasting distinction between redemption by money, and redemption by the precious blood of CHRIST. See 1Pe 1:18-19 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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