Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 3:47

47 Thou shalt even take five shekels a piece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

Which was the price to be paid for the redemption of a first-born a month old, Numb. 18. 15, 16. but this mony though paid for these 273 persons was probably paid out of the common stock of all, except lots were cast who should pay, which is not probable in so small a concern accompanied with so much trouble.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1+ letters]xod. 30. 13. [illegible: 1 word]. 27. 25. [illegible: 1 word]. 18. 16. [illegible: 1 word]. 45. 12.