Numbers 18:16

New American Bible - revised edition

For the redemption price of a son, when he is a month old, you shall pay the equivalent of five silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, that is, twenty gerahs.

Cross References

Exodus 30:13

This is what everyone who is enrolled must pay: a half-shekel, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel—a half-shekel contribution to the Lord.

Exodus 38:24

All the gold used in the entire construction of the sanctuary, having previously been given as an offering, amounted to twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel.

Ezekiel 45:12

The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels make up a mina for you. Offerings.

Leviticus 27:25

Every valuation shall be made according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel. There are twenty gerahs to the shekel. Irredeemable Offerings.

Numbers 18:15

Every living thing that opens the womb, human being and beast alike, such as are to be offered to the Lord, shall be yours; but you must redeem the firstborn of human beings, as well as redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

Numbers 18:17

But the firstborn of cattle, or the firstborn of sheep or the firstborn of goats you shall not redeem; they are holy. Their blood you must splash on the altar and their fat you must burn as an oblation of pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Numbers 3:46

As a redemption-price for the two hundred and seventy-three firstborn of the Israelites over and above the number of the Levites,

Numbers 3:47

you shall take five shekels for each individual, according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.