Exodus 38:26

a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.

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WEBBE

a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

BSB

a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

KJV

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.

ASV

a beka a head, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

BBE

A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

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בֶּקַע be·ka' a beka H1235 לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת la·gul·go·let for the head H1538 מַחֲצִית ma·cha·tzit [the] half of H4276 הַשֶּׁקֶל ha·she·kel the shekel H8255 בְּשֶׁקֶל be·she·kel by [the] shekel of H8255 הַקֹּדֶשׁ ha·ko·desh the holy place H6944 לְכֹל le·khol for every H3605 הָעֹבֵר ha·'o·ver (the) [one who] passed over H5674 עַל־ 'al- to H5921 הַפְּקֻדִים ha·pe·ku·dim those [who] were enrolled H6485 מִבֶּן mi·ben from a son of H1121 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וָמַעְלָה va·ma'·lah and up -wards H4605 לְשֵׁשׁ־ le·shesh- to six H8337 מֵאוֹת me·'ot hundred(s) H3967 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת u·she·lo·shet and three H7969 אֲלָפִים 'a·la·fim thousand(s) H505 וַחֲמֵשׁ va·cha·mesh and five H2568 מֵאוֹת me·'ot hundred(s) H3967 וַחֲמִשִּׁים va·cha·mi·shim and fifty H2572

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 21–31

The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the tabernacle. While looking at the altar of burnt-offering, let us see Jesus. In him, his righteousness, and salvation, is a full and sufficient offering for sin. In the laver of regeneration, by his Holy Spirit, let our souls be washed, and they shall be clean; and as the people offered willingly, so may our souls be made willing. Let us be ready to part with any thing, and count all but loss to win Christ.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.