14 (A)Everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be yours. 15 [a](B)Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, whether human or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; however you must redeem the human firstborn, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 As to [b]their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your assessment, five [c]shekels in silver by the [d]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

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  1. Numbers 18:15 Lit Everything that opens
  2. Numbers 18:16 Lit his being redeemed
  3. Numbers 18:16 A shekel is about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  4. Numbers 18:16 A shekel is about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[a] to the Lord(A) is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(B) But you must redeem(C) every firstborn(D) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(E) 16 When they are a month old,(F) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[b](G) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,(H) which weighs twenty gerahs.(I)

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  1. Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  2. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams