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Numbers 3:47

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47you shall take afive 1shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in bterms of the shekel of the sanctuary (cthe shekel is twenty 2gerahs),

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Footnotes

  1. 1A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. 2A gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm

Cross references

  1. aLev 27:6; Num 18:16
  2. bEx 30:13
  3. cLev 27:25; Ezek 45:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

you shall take five shekels per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel.

NLTNew Living Translation

collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs per shekel.

KJV 1900King 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:)