Numbers 3:45-47
New King James Version
45 (A)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord. 46 And for (B)the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, (C)who are more than the number of the Levites, 47 you shall take (D)five shekels for each one (E)individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, (F)the shekel of twenty gerahs.
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Numbers 3:45-47
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
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