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Numbers 3:47
Numbers 3:47 is verse 47 of Numbers chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams.
20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
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:)
World English Bible
you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
Read in context
Numbers 3:45–49 · Berean Standard Bible
45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
46 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
48 Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”
49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 18:16You 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.
Leviticus 27:6Now 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.
Numbers 3:50He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Exodus 30:13Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:25Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.