# for the redemption of

The noun "redemption" can be translated with the verb "redeem." AT: "to redeem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# 273 firstborn

"two hundred and seventy-three firstborn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# firstborn people of Israel

"firstborn sons of Israel"

# five shekels

A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. AT: "about 55 grams of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])

# who exceed the number of the Levites

This means that there are 273 more firstborn males among the other tribes of the Israelites than there are total number of Levite males.