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Numbers 3:47 - Compare All Versions

Numbers 3:47 NIV (New International Version)

collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

Numbers 3:47 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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

Numbers 3:47 NLT (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).

Numbers 3:47 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

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

Numbers 3:47 KJV (King James Version)

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:)

Numbers 3:47 NKJV (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.

Numbers 3:44-48 MSG (The Message)

Again GOD spoke to Moses. He said, “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are mine, I am GOD. Redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of Levites by collecting five shekels for each one, using the Sanctuary shekel (the shekel weighing twenty gerahs). Give that money to Aaron and his sons for the redemption of the excess number of Israelites.”

Numbers 3:47 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

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)

Numbers 3:47 AMP (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)

Numbers 3:47 NET (New English Translation)

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).