Numbers 18:16

Numbers 18:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
• New International Version (NIV)When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

Context of Numbers 18:16

14“Everything in Israel that is permanently dedicated to the Lord belongs to you. 15The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the Lord belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal. You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs. 17“However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 18But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.

Numbers 18:16 word by word

וּפְדוּיָו֙ מִבֶּן־חֹ֣דֶשׁ תִּפְדֶּ֔ה בְּעֶ֨רְכְּךָ֔ כֶּ֛סֶף חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And those that are to be redeemedפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• from a monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• according to thine estimationעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
• for the moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: priceH3701
• of fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• shekelsשֶׁ֫קֶלsheqel · shekelH8255
• of the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• gerahsגֵּרָהgêrâh · gerahH1626

Cross-references for Numbers 18:16

• Numbers 3:47collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel — twenty gerahs to the shekel.
• Leviticus 27:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the assessment of people,
• Exodus 30:13Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
• Leviticus 27:25All your assessed values will be measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
• Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will weigh twenty gerahs. Your mina will equal sixty shekels.

Commentaries on Numbers 18:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Shalt thou redeem - for the money of five shekels - Redemption of the first-born is one of the rites which is still practiced 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalous maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholly devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16The Lord supported the Hebrew priests and their families from the offerings set aside for him. The priests received firstborn animal offerings and the redemption fee for Israel’s firstborn sons. People had to redeem both firstborn sons and the offspring of unclean animals with a silver fee, since they could not sacrifice either one (see 3:13, 40–51; Exodus 13:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-208-13. the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests. They were parts of the votive and freewill offerings, including both meat and bread, wine and oil, and the first-fruits, which formed a large and valuable item.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 18:16

• Firstborn
• Money
• Offerings
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Exodus
• Firstborn, Redemption of
• Agrapha
• Atonement, Day of
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Estimate; Estimation
• Ezekiel
• Firstborn; Firstling
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings