Study it in the app“And their redemption price: from a month old you shall redeem them, at your valuation, for silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.”
And their redemption price:וּפְדוּיָוfromמִa monthחֹדֶשׁoldבֶּןyou shall redeem them,תִּפְדֶּהat your valuation,בְּעֶרְכְּךָfor silver,כֶּסֶףfiveחֲמֵשֶׁתshekels,שְׁקָלִיםby the shekelבְּשֶׁקֶלof the sanctuary,הַקֹּדֶשׁwhichהוּאis twentyעֶשְׂרִיםgerahs.גֵּרָה
pay a ransom
To pay to get someone or something back.
Where else “feduya” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearsvaluation
The price fixed for something or someone, according to the law.
Where else “erk” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appearsshekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekalim” appearssanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsgerah
Gerah: the smallest weight, a twentieth of a shekel (a little over half a gram).
Where else “gera” appearsLuke 2:22-23 tells that Jesus, a firstborn, was presented to the Lord in the temple, and quotes the law of the firstborn.
15Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, which they present to YHWH, whether of human beings or of livestock, shall be yours; but you shall surely redeem the firstborn of human beings, and the firstborn of unclean livestock you shall redeem.
16 · This verse (above)
17But the firstborn of a bull or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. Their blood you shall splash on the altar, and their fat you shall burn as a fire offering, for a pleasing aroma to YHWH.
