Numbers 3:44-46

New King James Version

⁴⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^45 (A)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And for ^(B)the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, ^(C)who are more than the number of the Levites,