Numbers 3:47
Modern Translations
New International Version
collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

New Living Translation
collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).

English Standard Version
you shall take five shekels per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs),

Berean Study Bible
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.

New American Standard Bible
you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),

NASB 1995
you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),

NASB 1977
you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),

Amplified Bible
you shall take five shekels apiece, per head, you shall take them in terms of the sanctuary shekel (the shekel is twenty gerahs),

Christian Standard Bible
collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel--20 gerahs to the shekel.

Contemporary English Version
For each one, you are to collect five pieces of silver, weighed according to the official standards.

Good News Translation
For each one pay five pieces of silver, according to the official standard,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It will cost you two ounces of silver per person (using the standard weight of the holy place) to buy them back.

International Standard Version
so collect five shekels for each individual, denominated in shekels of the sanctuary, that is, the shekel that weighs 20 gerahs.

NET Bible
collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

New King James Version
you shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.

King James 2000 Bible
You shall even take five shekels apiece individually, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

New Heart English Bible
you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

World English Bible
you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

American King James Version
You shall even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

American Standard Version
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

A Faithful Version
You shall even take five shekels each by the head, according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take. (The shekel is twenty gerahs. )

Darby Bible Translation
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, -- twenty gerahs the shekel;

English Revised Version
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euery person: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: ye shekel conteineth twenty gerahs.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Take fiue sicles of euery head, after the wayght of the sanctuarie, the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
aboue the nombre of the Leuites, shalt thou take, euen fyue Sycles of euery heade, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary (one Sycle is worth twentye Geras)

Tyndale Bible of 1526
take .v. sycles of euery pece after the sycle of ye holy place .xx. geras the sycle.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
you have even taken five shekels apiece by the counted head—you take by the shekel of the holy place; the shekel [is] twenty gerahs;

Young's Literal Translation
thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll -- by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel is;

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou shalt take five shekels by the heads, according to the holy shekel thou shalt take: twenty gerahs the shekel.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

Catholic Public Domain Version
you shall take five shekels for each head, by the measure of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Take five shekels for a head in the shekel of Holiness; take twenty mayn to a shekel.

Lamsa Bible
You shall take five shekels apiece by the poll, by the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs).

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them--the shekel is twenty gerahs.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.
















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