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:)

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Bible References

Five shekels

Numbers 18:16
When they are one month old, you must buy them back at the fixed price of two ounces of silver using the standard weight of the holy place.
Leviticus 27:6
For a boy from one month to five years old, give two ounces of silver and for a girl give about one ounce.

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Numbers 3:50
The silver Moses collected for the firstborn Israelites weighed thirty-four pounds using the standard weight of the holy place.