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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:)

Thou shalt even take {H3947} five {H2568} shekels {H8255} apiece by the poll {H1538}, after the shekel {H8255} of the sanctuary {H6944} shalt thou take {H3947} them:(the shekel {H8255} is twenty {H6242} gerahs {H1626}:)

you are to take five shekels [two ounces] for each of these (use the sanctuary shekel, which is equal to twenty gerahs).

you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 27:6 (5 votes)

    And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.

  • Exodus 30:13 (5 votes)

    This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

  • Leviticus 27:25 (4 votes)

    And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

  • Numbers 18:16 (4 votes)

    And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.

  • Ezekiel 45:12 (3 votes)

    And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  • Numbers 3:50 (2 votes)

    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: