redeemed

民數記 18:15
他們所有奉給耶和華的，連人帶牲畜，凡頭生的，都要歸給你。只是人頭生的，總要贖出來，不潔淨牲畜頭生的也要贖出來。

出埃及記 13:13
凡頭生的驢，你要用羊羔代贖，若不代贖，就要打折牠的頸項。凡你兒子中頭生的都要贖出來。

the two hundred.

22,000, and the first-born males of the Israelites were

22,273, there were therefore

372 more of the latter than of the former, which are here ordered to be redeemed. The price of redemption is fixed at five shekels, or about

15s. each, in ver

民數記 3:47
你要按人丁，照聖所的平，每人取贖銀五舍客勒（一舍客勒是二十季拉），

. This money, amounting to

1365 shekels, equal to F204.

15s. English, was taken of the first-born. There is some difficulty, however, in determining which of the first-born should be redeemed by paying this sum, and which should be exchanged for the Levites; for every Israelite, no doubt, would rather have his first-born redeemed by a Levite, than pay five shekels; and yet some of them must have incurred this expense. Rabbi Solomon Jarchi says, to prevent contention, Moses took

22,000 slips of parchment, and wrote on each a son of Levi, and

273 more, on which he wrote five shekels; then putting them in an urn, and shaking them together, he ordered every one of the first-born to draw out a slip. If he drew out one with the first inscription, he said to him, a Levite hath redeemed thee; but if he drew out one of the latter, he said, pay the price. This is pronounced by Dr. A. Clarke to be a stupid, silly tale; but when we know that the determination by lot was used among the Israelites, it does not seem improbable that it was now resorted to, though we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the detail. This species of redeeming men is referred to by Peter in his

1st Epistle,

民數記 1:18,19
當二月初一日招聚全會眾。會眾就照他們的家室、宗族，人名的數目，從二十歲以外的，都述說自己的家譜。…

.

which are

民數記 3:39-43
凡被數的利未人，就是摩西、亞倫照耶和華吩咐所數的，按著家室，從一個月以外的男子，共有二萬二千名。…