Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Bekah
Every man
Six hundred
General references
Bible References
Bekah
Exodus 30:13
Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
Every man
Numbers 1:46
All those registered numbered 603,550.
Six hundred
Exodus 12:37
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.
Numbers 1:46
All those registered numbered 603,550.
General references
Numbers 2:32
These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral houses. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.
Numbers 11:21
But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’