King James Version
Numbers 3:47 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the sheke...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
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:)
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“apiece by the poll”
H1538a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
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