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Numbers 3:47-49
English Standard Version
Numbers 3:47-49
English Standard Version
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]), 48 and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.” 49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites.
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- Numbers 3:47 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Numbers 3:47 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
Numbers 3:47-49
New International Version
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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