twentie and two thousand two hundred seventie three] Unlesse they abounded in females (who had nothing to doe in the service of the Sanctuary, this was no very great increase for such a number, as is reckoned, Chap. 1. vers. 46. yet it is more then the Levites (who were taken in stead of the first born) by two hundred seventie three, for the redemption of which a price is set down, vers. 46, 47. the totall whereof amounted to 1365. shekels, which were to be given to Aaron and his sonnes, vers. 48. and to be proportioned (for the payment) to the Israelites, either by lot, or some other rule, which might be received, and approved by the Priests and people.