Números 18:16

16 Y de un mes harás efectuar su rescate, el rescate será conforme a tu estimación, por el precio de cinco siclos, al siclo del santuario, que es de veinte óbolos

Números 18:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:16

And those that are to be redeemed
Which is to be understood not of unclean beasts last mentioned, for they were redeemed with lambs and not with money; and after they were eight days and not a month old, as follows, ( Exodus 13:13 ) ( 22:30 ) ; but of the firstborn of men:

from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation:
that is, take the redemption money next mentioned; and though both time and price are fixed, yet said to be according to the estimation of the priest; see ( Leviticus 27:5 Leviticus 27:6 ) ;

for the money of five shekels;
which was about eleven or twelve shillings of our money, and is the price given for the redemption of the firstborn, when the Levites were taken in their stead, ( Numbers 3:47 ) ;

after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs,
(See Gill on Numbers 3:47); of the manner of redeeming the firstborn, (See Gill on Exodus 13:15).

Números 18:16 In-Context

14 Todo anatema en Israel será tuyo

15 Todo lo que abriere matriz en toda carne que ofrecerán al SEÑOR, así de hombres como de animales, será tuyo; mas has de hacer rescatar el primogénito del hombre; también harás rescatar el primogénito de animal inmundo

16 Y de un mes harás efectuar su rescate, el rescate será conforme a tu estimación, por el precio de cinco siclos, al siclo del santuario, que es de veinte óbolos

17 Mas el primogénito de vaca, y el primogénito de oveja, y el primogénito de cabra, no rescatarás; santificados son; la sangre de ellos rociarás sobre el altar, y quemarás la grosura de ellos, ofrenda encendida es para el SEÑOR en olor grato

18 Y la carne de ellos será tuya; como el pecho de la mecedura y como la espaldilla derecha, será tuya