Numbers 3:47

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“you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.”

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Read Numbers 3:47 in the flow of Numbers3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Numbers3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:)”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll--by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel <FI>is<Fi> ;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 3:47 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 30:13Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
  2. Leviticus 27:6Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
  3. Leviticus 27:25Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
  4. Numbers 3:50He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
  5. Numbers 7:13His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
  6. Numbers 18:16You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
  7. Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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