Numbers 18:15-16
15 a Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, b the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And their redemption price c (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels ▼
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A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, e which is twenty gerahs.
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