Bamidbar 3:44-46

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁴⁴ And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

⁴⁵ Take the Levi’im instead of all the bechor among the Bnei Yisroel, and the cattle of the Levi’im instead of their cattle; and the Levi’im shall be Mine: I am Hashem.

⁴⁶ And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the bechor of the Bnei Yisroel, which are more than the Levi’im;