³set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels^a of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel^b;^v ⁴for a female, set her value at thirty shekels^c; ⁵for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels^d^w and of a female at ten shekels^e;

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Footnotes

aThat is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16
bThat is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25
cThat is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams
dThat is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
eThat is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7

Cross references

vSee Ex 30:13
wSee Ge 37:28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels. If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels and for a female ten shekels.

NLTNew Living Translation

here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel. A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver. A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

if your proper value is for a male from twenty years of age up to sixty years of age, then your proper value shall be fifty shekels of money according to the sanctuary’s shekel. But if it is for a female, then your proper value shall be thirty shekels. And if from five years of age up to twenty years of age, then your proper value shall be twenty shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

KJV 1900King James Version

And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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