## Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn ## These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) ## Everything that opens the womb ## This refers to the first male to which a mother gives birth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) ## Those that are to be bought back by the people ## AT: "Those that the people are to buy back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) ## must be bought back after becoming one month old ## AT: "the people must buy them back after the firstborn become one month old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) ## five shekels ## A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalweight]]) ## twenty gerahs ## One shekel equals 20 gerahs. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalweight]])