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47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel[a] of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs[b]); 48 and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”

49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

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Footnotes

  1. 3:47 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  2. 3:47 A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.