47collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.


In Context

44 The Lord also said to Moses,

45 "Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the Lord .

46 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

47 collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

48 Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons."

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

Numbers 3:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:47Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them:] (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:47Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, twenty gerahs the shekel;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:47Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:47thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll — by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel is;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:47You shall even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)