13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel[a] according to the (A)shekel of the sanctuary (the (B)shekel is twenty gerahs),[b] (C)half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:13 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. Exodus 30:13 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram

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