Leviticus 27:5

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“And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

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BSBPD

“And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years--then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 27:5 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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