Numbers 3:40-51

40The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.

41Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”

42So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.

43The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

44The Lord also said to Moses,

45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the Lord.

46To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

47collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

48Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”

49So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

50From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

51Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.