Numbers 3:47
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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:)"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שֶׁקֶל
sheqel
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שֶׁקֶל
sheqel
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שֶׁקֶל
sheqel
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
גֵּרָה
gêrâh
a gerah or small weight (and coin)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
Study H4720 →Cross References
And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LOR...
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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