Numbers 18:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 18:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 18:16 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of fi..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 18:16 — KJV
“And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.”
— Numbers 18:16 (KJV)
Numbers 18:16 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 18:16
“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:)”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:16: shalt, five, shekels
“And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:16: old, estimation, shekels
“All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:16: old, shekels, after
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:16: old, five, after
“And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 18:16: old, estimation, five
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