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 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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:) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall take five shekels apiece, reckoning by the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs; you shall collect them, American Standard Version (1901) thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): Common English Bible you will receive five shekels each. You will receive them according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs to the shekel. Catholic Public Domain Version you shall take five shekels for each head, by the measure of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt take five sicles for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. |
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.
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.)
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.
“You must use the official measure in paying these prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs.
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.)
The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels.
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.
Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as payment for the 273 Israelites.’”
Moses collected the silver from the firstborn men of the Israelites. He collected 1365 shekels of silver, using the official measure.