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# for the redemption of
The noun "redemption" can be translated with the verb "redeem." Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "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.