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Leviticus 27:6

Leviticus 27:6 is verse 6 of Leviticus chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.

3 shekels is approximately 1.2 ounces or 34.2 grams of silver.

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King James Version

And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

World English Bible

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

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Leviticus 27:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

5 And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6 Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

7 And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

8 But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

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Hebrew words

וְאִ֣םand if מִבֶּןfrom a son of חֹ֗דֶשׁa month וְעַד֙and to בֶּןa son of חָמֵ֣שׁfive שָׁנִ֔יםyears וְהָיָ֤הand it will be עֶרְכְּךָ֙valuation of your הַזָּכָ֔רthe male חֲמִשָּׁ֥הfive שְׁקָלִ֖יםshekels כָּ֑סֶףsilver וְלַנְּקֵבָ֣הand of the female עֶרְכְּךָ֔valuation your שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתthree שְׁקָלִ֖יםshekels כָּֽסֶףsilver

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 3:40
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.

Numbers 3:41
You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

Numbers 3:42
So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

Numbers 3:43
The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

Numbers 18:15
The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

Numbers 18:16
You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.

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