Números 3:46

Y como precio de rescate por los doscientos setenta y tres de los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel que exceden a los levitas,

Tesoro de la Escritura

redeemed

Números 18:15
Todo lo que abre la matriz de toda carne, ya sea hombre o animal, que presenten al SEÑOR, será tuyo; sin embargo, el primogénito de hombre ciertamente redimirás, y el primogénito de animales inmundos redimirás.

Éxodo 13:13
Pero todo primer nacido de asno, lo redimirás con un cordero; mas si no lo redimes, quebrarás su cerviz; y todo primogénito de hombre de entre tus hijos, lo redimirás.

the two hundred.

22,000, and the first-born males of the Israelites were

22,273, there were therefore

372 more of the latter than of the former, which are here ordered to be redeemed. The price of redemption is fixed at five shekels, or about

15s. each, in ver

Números 3:47
tomarás cinco siclos por cada uno, por cabeza; los tomarás conforme al siclo del santuario (el siclo tiene veinte geras),

. This money, amounting to

1365 shekels, equal to F204.

15s. English, was taken of the first-born. There is some difficulty, however, in determining which of the first-born should be redeemed by paying this sum, and which should be exchanged for the Levites; for every Israelite, no doubt, would rather have his first-born redeemed by a Levite, than pay five shekels; and yet some of them must have incurred this expense. Rabbi Solomon Jarchi says, to prevent contention, Moses took

22,000 slips of parchment, and wrote on each a son of Levi, and

273 more, on which he wrote five shekels; then putting them in an urn, and shaking them together, he ordered every one of the first-born to draw out a slip. If he drew out one with the first inscription, he said to him, a Levite hath redeemed thee; but if he drew out one of the latter, he said, pay the price. This is pronounced by Dr. A. Clarke to be a stupid, silly tale; but when we know that the determination by lot was used among the Israelites, it does not seem improbable that it was now resorted to, though we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the detail. This species of redeeming men is referred to by Peter in his

1st Epistle,

Números 1:18,19
y reunieron a toda la congregación el primer día del mes segundo. Y se registraron según sus antepasados por familias, por sus casas paternas, según el número de nombres, de veinte años arriba, uno por uno.…

.

which are

Números 3:39-43
Todos los enumerados de los levitas, que Moisés y Aarón contaron por sus familias por mandato del SEÑOR, todos los varones de un mes arriba, eran veintidós mil.…

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