46
For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
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Verse 46. Levites, omitting the 300, as verse 39. For each of these 273, five sicles were to be paid, the price of the redemption of a child who had been vowed. Leviticus 27:6. The money was to be paid either by those who were counted last, or by a tax laid upon all the people, or it was determined by lot who should pay it. The Scripture is silent on this head. Calmet.
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