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Numbers 3:50
Numbers 3:50 is verse 50 of Numbers chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
1,365 shekels is approximately 34.3 pounds or 15.6 kilograms.
King James Version
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
World English Bible
from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1365 shekels is about 13.65 kilograms or about 30 pounds.
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Numbers 3:48–51 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
50 He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
51 And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 3:46To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Hebrews 9:12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,