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Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 3:49

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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"The redeemed of the Levites" are the 22,000 who were redeemed by means of the Levites. In Num 3:50, the Chethibh הפּדים is the correct reading, and the Keri הפּדים an unnecessary emendation. The number of the first-born and that of the Levites has already been noticed in the introduction to Numbers 1. Next: Numbers Chapter 4
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