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47 you shall take (A)five shekels[a] per head; you shall take them according to (B)the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs[b]),

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:47 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams
  2. Numbers 3:47 A gerah was about 1/50 of an ounce or 0.6 gram

47 collect five shekels[a](A) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) which weighs twenty gerahs.(C)

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  1. Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone (A)makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons,

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow(A) to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value,

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If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

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for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels[a](A) of silver and that of a female at three shekels[b] of silver;

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
  2. Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams