46 To redeem(A) the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

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46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

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47 collect five shekels[a](A) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) which weighs twenty gerahs.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

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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