Numbers 3:50

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“He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.”

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BSBPD

“He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 3:50 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 3:46To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
  2. Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  3. 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  4. Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  5. Hebrews 9:12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
  6. 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  7. 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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