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If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver,[a] and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver. If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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  1. Leviticus 27:6 tn Heb “five shekels silver.”

for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels[a](A) and of a female at ten shekels[b]; for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels[c](B) of silver and that of a female at three shekels[d] of silver; for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels[e] and of a female at ten shekels.

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  1. Leviticus 27:5 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
  2. Leviticus 27:5 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7
  3. Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
  4. Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams
  5. Leviticus 27:7 That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams