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Numbers 3:47–48

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Numbers 3:47

47Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

Numbers 3:48

48And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

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DEFINED WORDS

Numbers 3:47

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

even

Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

take

To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

five

The number following four and preceding six.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

poll

The head; also a count or register by heads, or to cut the hair from the head.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

after

Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

DEFINED WORDS

Numbers 3:48

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

give

To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

wherewith

In, at, or to what place; in the place or circumstance in which.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

number

A count or quantity; also to count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

redeemed

Ransomed; delivered from bondage, distress, penalty, liability, or from the possession of another, by paying an equivalent.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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From verse 47

  1. Exodus 30:13
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  2. Leviticus 27:6
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  3. Leviticus 27:25
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  4. Numbers 18:16
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  5. Ezekiel 45:12
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