Numbers 3:47-49
Tree of Life Version
47 you are to collect five shekels for each, based on the shekel of the Sanctuary, which is 20 gerahs. [a] 48 Give the money for the redemption of the extra ones of the firstborn of them to Aaron and his sons.”
49 Hence Moses collected the redemption money for those exceeding the number redeemed by the Levites.
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- Numbers 3:48 A gerah is about 1/40th of an ounce.
Numbers 3:47-49
New International Version
47 collect five shekels[a](A) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) which weighs twenty gerahs.(C) 48 Give the money for the redemption(D) of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”(E)
49 So Moses collected the redemption money(F) from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.
Footnotes
- Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
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