Numbers 3:44-46

Modern English Version

⁴⁴ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock, and the Levites will be Mine. I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ For those who are to be redeemed of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites,