45 (A)Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the Lord. 46 (B)For the ransom of the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites, 47 you shall take (C)five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in (D)terms of the shekel of the sanctuary ((E)the shekel is twenty [a]gerahs),

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  1. Numbers 3:47 I.e. A gerah equals approx one-fortieth oz

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 are to be mine.(A) I am the Lord.(B) 46 To redeem(C) the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, 47 collect five shekels[a](D) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(E) which weighs twenty gerahs.(F)

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  1. Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams