Numbers 18:16

Easy To Read Version

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]

Cross References

Exodus 30:13

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.

Exodus 38:24

More than 2 tons [441] of gold was given as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure. [442])

Ezekiel 45:12

A shekel {\cf2\super [435]} must equal 20 gerahs. A mina must equal 60 shekels. It must be equal to 20 shekels plus 25 shekels plus 15 shekels.

Leviticus 27:25

“You must use the official measure [465] in paying those prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs. [466]

Numbers 18:15

“A woman’s first baby and an animal’s first baby must be given to the Lord. That baby will belong to you. If the firstborn animal is unclean, [239] then it must be bought back. If the baby is a child, that child must be bought back. {That child will again belong to its family.}

Numbers 18:17

“But you must not make a payment for the firstborn cow, sheep, or goat. Those animals are holy. [243] Sprinkle their blood on the altar [244] and burn their fat. This is an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Numbers 3:46

There are 22,000 Levites, but there are 22,273 firstborn sons from the other families. This leaves 273 more firstborn sons than Levites.

Numbers 3:47

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.