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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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shalt thou redeem
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"Redemption of the firstborn is one of the rites which are still practised among the Jews. According to Leo of Modena, it is performed in the following manner:--When the child is thirty days old, the father sends for one of the descendants of Aaron: several persons being assembled on the occasion, the father brings a cup, containing several pieces of gold and silver coin. The priest then takes the child into his arms, and addressing himself to the mother, he says, ""Is this thy son?"" Mother. ""Yes."" Priest. ""Hast thou never had another child, male or female, a miscarriage, or untimely birth?"" Mother. ""No."" Priest. ""This being the case, this child, as firstborn, belongs to me."" Then turning to the father, he says, ""If it be thy desire to have this child, thou must redeem it."" Father. ""I present thee with this gold and silver for this purpose."" Priest. ""Thou dost wish, therefore, to redeem this child?"" Father. ""I do wish so to do."" The priest then turning himself to the assembly, says, ""Very well: this child, as f" |
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according
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Num 3:47; Lev 27:2-7 |
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which is
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Exd 30:13; Lev 27:25; Eze 45:12 |
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Num 3:47 |
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) |
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Lev 27:2 |
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation. |
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Lev 27:3 |
And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. |
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Lev 27:4 |
And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. |
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Lev 27:5 |
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. |
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Lev 27:6 |
And 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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Lev 27:7 |
And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. |
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Exd 30:13 |
This 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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Lev 27:25 |
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. |
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Eze 45:12 |
And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 18:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/18/16.html>.
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