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# Everyone who is counted
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"Everyone you count" or "Every man you count". They counted only the men.
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# half a shekel of silver
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"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"
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# according to the weight of the shekel of the sanctuary
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There were evidently shekels of more than one weight at the time. This specified which one was to be used.
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# twenty gerahs
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"20 gerahs." A gerah is a unit that people used for measuring how much something very small weighed.
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