Numbers 3:47

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll,—by the shekel of the sanctuary, shalt thou take it, twenty gerahs to the shekel;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

In Context

46and as the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three,—who are more than the Levites, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel,

48and shalt give the silver to Aaron and to his sons,—as the ransom of them that are in excess over them.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:13This, shall they give—every one that passeth over to them that have been numbered—a half-shekel by the shekel of the sanctuary,—the shekel is twenty gerahs—the half-shekel, shall be a heave-offering to Yahweh.

Leviticus 27:25And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel,—twenty gerahs, make the shekel.

Numbers 7:13and his offering, was—one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil for a meal-offering;

Ezekiel 45:12and the shekel shall be twenty gerahs,—twenty shekels five and twenty shekels and fifteen shekels, the weight shall be to you.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:41-51

40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord ) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the… Read the whole commentary →

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