Numbers 3:47
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,.... Or the superfluous number, the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Numbers 3:44-51
This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 3:40-51
Here is the exchange made of the Levites for the first-born. 1. The first-born were numbered from a month old, Num 3:42,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the shekel of the sanctuary Perhaps better the sacred shekel. This was the ancient Hebrew-Phoenician shekel. At the time…
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