KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 3:47–49
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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:)
47Thou shalt euen take fiue shekels a piece, by the polle, after the shekel of the Sanctuary shalt thou take them; *the shekel is twenty gerahs.
- Exod. 30.13. leuit. 27.25. chap. 18.16. ezek. 45.12.
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.
48And thou shalt giue the money, wherewith the odde number of them is to be redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.
Numbers 3:49
49And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
49And Moses tooke the redemption money, of them that were ouer and aboue them that were redeemed by the Leuites.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 3:47
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The number following four and preceding six.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To or for each one; each.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The head; also a count or register by heads, or to cut the hair from the head.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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)
A holy place set apart for God's presence and worship; also a place of refuge.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 3:48
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Coin or another medium of payment; wealth in spendable form.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
Not even; not divisible into equal numbers.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
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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Numbers 3:49
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
redemption
A buying back; deliverance by payment of a price.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Coin or another medium of payment; wealth in spendable form.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 47
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Open the full verse study13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study6And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
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Open the full verse study25And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
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Open the full verse study16And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
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Open the full verse study12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
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Open the full verse study50Of 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:
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