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Leviticus 27:6

Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God completes the vow valuation instructions to Moses by specifying the silver rates for infants and young children. The words — מִ/בֶּן־ (mi./ben-) translates as "from a son of," and חָמֵ֣שׁ (cha.Mesh) means "five," anchoring the lower age bracket and its corresponding payment. The thread — This age-based valuation structure runs parallel to the census of firstborn males from one month old in Numbers 3:40 and the handling of devoted things in Numbers 18:14. Why it lands — The text fixes exact silver amounts to specific age ranges, requiring the reader to apply a standardized, non-negotiable economic scale to religious commitments.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִ֣םve./'Imand/ ifמִבֶּן־mi./ben-from/ a son ofחֹ֗דֶשׁCho.desha monthוְעַד֙ve./'Adand/ toבֶּן־ben-a son ofחָמֵ֣שׁcha.Meshfiveשָׁנִ֔יםsha.Nimyearsוְהָיָ֤הve./ha.Yahand/ it will beעֶרְכְּךָ֙'er.ke./Khavaluation of/ yourהַזָּכָ֔רha./za.Kharthe/ maleחֲמִשָּׁ֥הcha.mi.Shahfiveשְׁקָלִ֖יםshe.ka.Limshekelsכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefsilverוְלַנְּקֵבָ֣הve./la./ne.ke.Vahand/ of the/ femaleעֶרְכְּךָ֔'er.ke./Khavaluation/ yourשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeשְׁקָלִ֖יםshe.ka.Limshekelsכָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefsilver

King James Version

And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

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