1)

Seeing as Hashem replaced the Bechoros with the Levi'im, why do the Bechoros still require Pidyon?

1.

Seforno: Because that replacement was confined to that generation only.

2)

Having already written "Velakachti osam Li" - in Pasuk 16, why does the Torah repeat it here?

1.

Ibn Ezra and Moshav Zekenim: This Pasuk is connected with the coming Pasuk (as is common). When I took the Levi'im, I gave them to Aharon and his sons.

Sefer: Perek: Pasuk:

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