Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:
Ages | Male | Female |
From a month to five years of age | 5 shekels | 3 shekels |
From five years to twenty of age | 20 shekels | 10 shekels |
From forty years to sixty of age | 50 shekels | 30 shekels |
Sixty years of age and older | 15 shekels | 10 shekels |
As regards the shekel of the sanctuary, see Exodus 38:24 note.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Leviticus 27:5:
Genesis 37:1-36
2 Kings 12:4
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