King James Version
Numbers 3:49 in the King James Version says “And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:”
Numbers 3:49 · KJV
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and above them that were redeemed”
H6302as abstractly (in plural masculine) a ransom
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