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New Living Translation

Numbers 3:50

He collected 1,365 pieces of silver on behalf of these firstborn sons of Israel (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel).

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Firstborn;   Money;   Priest;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Weights;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Redeem, Redemption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Firstborn;   Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Firstborn;   Job;   Moses;   Number;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Presentation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Levites ;   Redemption;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ransom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Primogeniture;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
from the firstborn of the children of Yisra'el he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
King James Version
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Lexham English Bible
From the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel.
New Century Version
From the firstborn of the Israelites, he collected thirty-five pounds of silver, using the measure set by the Holy Place.
New English Translation
From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Amplified Bible
from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money in terms of the sanctuary shekel, 1,365 shekels.
New American Standard Bible
from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the first borne of the children of Israel tooke he the mony: eue a thousand three hundreth three score and fiue shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
Legacy Standard Bible
from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.
Contemporary English Version
and it amounted to one thousand three hundred sixty-five pieces of silver, weighed according to the official standards.
Complete Jewish Bible
the amount of money he took from the firstborn of the people of Isra'el was 1,365 shekels, using the sanctuary shekel.
Darby Translation
of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels], according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses collected the silver from the firstborn men of the Israelites. He collected 1365 shekels of silver, using the official measure.
English Standard Version
From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
George Lamsa Translation
From the first-born of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
Good News Translation
the 1,365 pieces of silver
Christian Standard Bible®
He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.
Literal Translation
from the first-born of the sons of Israel he shall take the silver, a thousand, three hundred and sixty five by the sanctuary shekel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
from ye first borne of the childre of Israel, euen a thousande, thre hundreth, and fyue and thre score Sycles, after ye Sycle of the Sanctuary,
American Standard Version
from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Bible in Basic English
From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of the first borne of the children of Israel toke he this money: [euen] a thousande three hundred and three score and fiue sicles, after ye sicle of the sanctuarie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money: a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
King James Version (1611)
Of the first borne of the children of Israel tooke he the money; a thousand, three hundred, and threescore and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.
English Revised Version
from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Berean Standard Bible
He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a thousand thre hundrid sixti and fyue of siclis, bi the weiyte of seyntuarie;
Young's Literal Translation
from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five -- by the shekel of the sanctuary;
Update Bible Version
from the first-born of the sons of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the first-born of the children of Israel he took the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary.
World English Bible
from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
New King James Version
From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
New Life Bible
He took the money from the first-born sons of Israel, by the weight agreed upon for the meeting tent. He took 1,365 pieces of silver.
New Revised Standard
from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, took he the silver, - a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,
Revised Standard Version
from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.

Contextual Overview

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names. 41 The Levites must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn sons of Israel; I am the Lord . And the Levites' livestock must be reserved for me as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the whole nation of Israel." 42 So Moses counted the firstborn sons of the people of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded. 43 The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273. 44 Then the Lord said to Moses, 45 "Take the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. And take the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me; I am the Lord . 46 There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons, 47 collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs). 48 Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons." 49 So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of Levites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:46, Numbers 3:47, Matthew 20:28, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:12, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:29 - for all manner of measure

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money,.... Or "for the firstborn", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, and so the Hebrew particle מאת is sometimes used u; for children of a month old or little more could not pay the money, but their parents for them, which was paid by them, and Moses received it for the superfluous number of two hundred seventy three; but it is a matter of doubt of whom this was exacted, and by whom paid, and who could be reckoned as this superfluous number, unless they were the last two hundred seventy three that were numbered: some have thought this was paid out of the public stock, which was a ready way of doing it, but whether reasonable is not so manifest, since these firstborn were the properties of particular persons; the more commonly received method of doing it with the Jewish writers was, according to Jarchi and Abarbinel, and so in the Talmud w by lot; the former of which describes the manner of doing it thus, 22,000 pieces (of paper or parchment) were brought, and on them written, "a son of Levi", or "a Levite", and two hundred seventy three other pieces, and on them were written, "five shekels"; these were mixed together and put into an urn or box, and then they were bid to come and take out the pieces, and according as the lot was, they were allowed as redeemed by the Levites, or paid the redemption money: and as this was a method much in use with the Hebrews, it is not improbable:

a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary; 1,365 shekels, which is exactly the number of shekels that two hundred seventy three should pay, reckoning five shekels per head; which Jarchi counts thus, for two hundred firstborn, a thousand shekels; for seventy firstborn, three hundred fifty; and for three firstborn fifteen, shekels, which in all amounted to about an hundred seventy pounds of our money.

u Vid. Nold. Partic. Ebr. Concord. p. 579. w T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 17. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:43. The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken in the gross as an equivalent for the first-born cattle of the other tribes, which of course, no less than the first-born of men, belonged to the Lord; and in future would have to be redeemed Numbers 18:15; Deuteronomy 15:19.


 
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