from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels,† according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 3:50 in context
Numbers 3:47–51
47
you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
48
and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
49
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
50
Selected verse
from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels,† according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
51
and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the LORD’s word, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1365 shekels is about 13.65 kilograms or about 30 pounds.
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