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46 As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, 47 collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel – twenty gerahs to the shekel.[a](A)

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  1. 3:47 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver

15 The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn,(A) and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal. 16 You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels[a] of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.(B)

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  1. 18:16 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce