Every person who is counted must pay 1Ú2 shekel. (That is 1Ú2 shekel by the official measure. [299] This shekel weighs 20 gerahs. [300])This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.
“Now if a person dedicates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest must decide its price. It does not make any difference if the house is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, then that is the price for the house.
“A person might accidentally do something wrong with the holy things of the Lord. [51] Then that person must bring a ram that has nothing wrong with it. This will be his guilt offering to the Lord. You must use the official measure [52] and set the price of the ram.
“That person must bring a guilt offering to the priest. It must be a ram from the flock. The ram must not have anything wrong with it. It must be worth the amount that the priest says. It will be a guilt offering to the Lord.
They must make the payment when the baby is one month old. The cost will be 2 ounces [240] of silver. You must use the official measure [241] to weigh this silver. A shekel by the official measure is 20 gerahs. [242]
Using the official measure, [46] collect five shekels [47] of silver for each of the 273 people. (The shekel by the official measure weighs 20 gerahs. [48])Collect that silver from the people of Israel.