Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:)

General references

Bible References

Five shekels

Numbers 18:16
You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is 20 gerahs.
Leviticus 27:6
If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.

General references

Numbers 3:50
He collected the money from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

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