^25 (A)The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard. ^26 (B)This amount equaled the total paid by all persons enrolled in the census, each one paying the required amount, weighed according to the official standard. There were 603,550 men twenty years old or older enrolled in the census.

Payment of the Temple Tax

^24 (A)When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?”