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Numbers 3:50 — King James Version← Study notes

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:


Numbers 3:50Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:5014 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵ/אֵ֗תmēʾēt
from withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
בְּכ֛וֹרbəkwōr
the firstborn ofnounH1060
firstborn
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the people ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לָקַ֣חlāqaḥ
he tookverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/כָּ֑סֶףhakāsep
the moneyparticleH3701
price · silver
חֲמִשָּׁ֨הḥămišāh
fiveadjH2568
fifth · five
וְ/שִׁשִּׁ֜יםwəšišiym
and sixtyconjH8346
three score
וּ/שְׁלֹ֥שׁwšəlōš
and threeconjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
מֵא֛וֹתmēʾwōt
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
וָ/אֶ֖לֶףwāʾelep
and one thousandconjH505
בְּ/שֶׁ֥קֶלbəšeqel
by the shekel ofpronH8255
הַ/קֹּֽדֶשׁhaqōdeš
the holy placeparticleH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago
Redemption Has a Price
Moses collected the redemption money from those firstborn who exceeded the number of Levites. This is where the theology gets tangible. The Levites were redeemed to serve in place of all the firstborn...
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