Numbers 3:47
New Living Translation
47 collect five pieces of silver[a] for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
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- 3:47 Hebrew 5 shekels [2 ounces or 57 grams].
Leviticus 27:6
New Living Translation
6 A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels[a] of silver.
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- 27:6 Or A boy . . . 2 ounces [57 grams] of silver; a girl . . . 1.2 ounces [34 grams].
Exodus 30:13
New Living Translation
13 Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the Lord. (This payment is half a shekel,[a] based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
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- 30:13 Or 0.2 ounces [6 grams].
Numbers 18:16
New Living Translation
16 Redeem them when they are one month old. The redemption price is five pieces of silver[a] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
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- 18:16 Hebrew 5 shekels [2 ounces or 57 grams] of silver.
Leviticus 27:25
New Living Translation
25 (All the payments must be measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel,[a] which equals twenty gerahs.)
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- 27:25 Each shekel was about 0.4 ounces [11 grams] in weight.
Ezekiel 45:12
New Living Translation
12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.[a] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.[b]
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Numbers 3:50
New Living Translation
50 He collected 1,365 pieces of silver[a] on behalf of these firstborn sons of Israel (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel).
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- 3:50 Hebrew 1,365 [shekels] of silver [34 pounds or 15.5 kilograms].
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