Numbers 3:47

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Using the official measure, collect five shekels of silver for each of the 273 people. (The shekel by the official measure weighs 20 gerahs.) Collect that silver from the Israelites.

Cross References

Leviticus 27:6

The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels.

Exodus 30:13

Each man who is counted must pay 1/2 shekel of silver. (That is 1/2 shekel by the official measure. This shekel weighs 20 gerahs.) This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

Numbers 18:16

They must make the payment when the baby is one month old. The cost will be 5 shekels of silver. You must use the official measure to weigh this silver. A shekel by the official measure is 20 gerahs.

Leviticus 27:25

“You must use the official measure in paying these prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs.

Ezekiel 45:12

A shekel must equal 20 gerahs. A mina must equal 60 shekels. It must be equal to 20 shekels plus 25 shekels plus 15 shekels.

Numbers 3:50

Moses collected the silver from the firstborn men of the Israelites. He collected 1365 shekels of silver, using the official measure.

Exodus 38:24

The people gave over a ton of gold as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure.)

Leviticus 27:3

The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels of silver. (You must use the official measure for the silver.)

Numbers 3:48

Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as payment for the 273 Israelites.’”