For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites, you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs); and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites; from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to Yahweh’s word, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v50 Or the two hundred seventy and three, which were…
Or the two hundred seventy and three, which were more than the Levites.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv47–48 Five shekels apiece was the price to be paid…
Five shekels apiece was the price to be paid for the redemption of a first-born a month old, Num 18:15,16; but this money, though paid for these 273 persons, was probably paid out of the common stock of all, except lots were cast who should pay, which is not probable in so small a concern accompanied with so much trouble.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv46–50 Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll,....…
Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll,.... Or head; every firstborn, or his parent for him, was bound to pay five shekels, which were about eleven or twelve shillings of our money, and which was afterwards settled as the price of such a redemption, Num 18:16,
after the shekel of the sanctuary shall thou take them; being full weight according to the standard there kept:
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the shekel is twenty gerahs; See Gill on Lev 27:25.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv46–47 For those that are to be redeemed - 'Tis…
For those that are to be redeemed - 'Tis probable, in the exchange they began with the eldest of the first-born, and so downwards, so that those were to be redeemed, who were the two hundred, seventy three youngest of them.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv46–47 Num 3:46. For those that are to be redeemed…
Num 3:46. For those that are to be redeemed — It is probable, in the exchange they began with the eldest of the firstborn, and so downward, so that those were to be redeemed who were the two hundred and seventy- three youngest of them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v46 Levites, omitting the 300, as ver. 39. For each…
Levites, omitting the 300, as ver. 39. For each of these 273, five sicles were to be paid, the price of the redemption of a child who had been vowed, Leviticus xxvii. 6. The money was to be paid either by those who were counted last, or by a tax laid upon all the people, or it was determined by lot who should pay it. The Scripture is silent on this head. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v47 47. Shekel of the sanctuary — Or, sacred shekel.…
47. Shekel of the sanctuary — Or, sacred shekel. Shekel signifies, in the Hebrew, weight in the abstract. But weights soon pass over into a designation of coins, as the English pound. There are in the Old Testament three shekels mentioned — the ordinary shekel, the shekel of the sanctuary, and the shekel after the king’s weight. 2Sa_14:26. It is impossible to show the exact difference between these. According to the best authorities, the shekel was equal to three English shillings, or seventy-four cents. But if we follow the Septuagint, which translates it by διδραχμον, it equals in English currency one shilling seven pence half penny, or thirty-nine cents. In such case all our estimates of weight and value must be proportionally decreased. The latest conclusions, in Smith’s Dictionary, make the silver shekel equal to two hundred and twenty grains, or 220/417 of the Federal dollar, about fifty-three cents. In the sanctuary were kept the standard weights and measures; hence, “the balances of the sanctuary.”
The Jew’s religion touched his ordinary life at every point, as Christianity should its professors.
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Twenty gerahs — Gerah is Hebrew, meaning berry, or grain, possibly the seed of the carob-tree. The Mosaic gerah, which is equal to thirteen and seven tenths Paris grains, is equal to four or five beans of the carob, and, according to the Rabbies, to sixteen grains of barley.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv46–47 46, 47. The Levites number 22,000, but the first-born…
46, 47. The Levites number 22,000, but the first-born 22,273. The remaining 273 must therefore be redeemed by a payment of five shekels for each.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv47, 48, 49, 51 (47) Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by…
(47) Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll.—It is not stated in what manner the 273 families of whom the redemption money was exacted were determined. Inasmuch, however, as the law of the redemption of the firstborn by the payment of five shekels came into operation from this time (Num_18:16), it seems probable that the money was exacted in the case of those who had been most recently born; or it may be that the matter was decided by lot.
After the shekel of the sanctuary.—See Exo_30:13, where the expression occurs for the first time, and the value of the shekel is stated, as in this verse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv47, 51 Five shekels apiece. This amount had already been fixed…
Five shekels apiece. This amount had already been fixed Lev_27:6, if indeed this chapter does not belong to a later period as the commutation value of a male child under five years old who had been vowed unto the Lord. If the redeeming of the first-born by the Levites began with the eldest, those that were left over would all be within this age. A shekel. See Exo_30:13.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v51 (See Scofield "Exo 38:27").
redeemed
(See Scofield "Exo 38:27").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv46, 49 for the redemption of
for the redemption of
The noun "redemption" can be translated with the verb "redeem." AT: "to redeem" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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273 firstborn
"two hundred and seventy-three firstborn" (See: Numbers)
firstborn people of Israel
"firstborn sons of Israel"
five shekels
A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. AT: "about 55 grams of silver" (See: Biblical Weight and Biblical Money)
who exceed the number of the Levites
This means that there are 273 more firstborn males among the other tribes of the Israelites than there are total number of Levite males.
You must use the shekel of the sanctuary as your standard weight
This means that the shekel must weight the same as those in the sanctuary. AT: "You must use the weight of the shekels in the sanctuary as your stand weight" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
twenty gerahs
"20 gerahs." A gerah is a unit of weight equal to about .57 kilograms. (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
the price of redemption that you paid
Here the word "price" refers to the shekels that Moses collected. AT: "the money that you collected for their redemption" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
redeem
firstborn
sanctuary
Aaron
son
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