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21 lines
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# Those that are to be redeemed by the people must be redeemed after becoming one month old
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"The people must buy them back when they become one month old"
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# Those that are to be redeemed
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Most likely this refers only to firstborn humans that must be redeemed and not to firstborn unclean animals.
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# five shekels ... which equals twenty gerahs
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"five pieces of silver ... each of which equals ten grams" or "fifty grams of silver, using the standard weights that are used in the sanctuary"
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# five shekels
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"five shekels of silver"
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# sanctuary shekel
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This is the shekel that people had to use in the sanctuary of the sacred tent. It weighed twenty gerahs, which was about 11 grams.
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