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14 (A)Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. 15 (B)Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, (C)the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And their redemption price (D)(at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels[a] in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, (E)which is twenty gerahs.

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  1. Numbers 18:16 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

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