# Everyone who is counted "Everyone you count" or "Every man you count". They counted only the men. # half a shekel of silver "1/2 a shekel of silver." Translators may use a unit of measure that people understand and a round number: "5.5 grams of silver" or "six grams of silver" # according to the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary There were evidently shekels of more than one weight at the time. This specified which one was to be used. # twenty gerahs "20 gerahs." A gerah is a unit that people used for measuring how much something very small weighed.