“And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.”
For a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels of silver and that of a female at three shekels of silver. The infant valuation (one month to five years): five shekels for males, three shekels for females. The age limit of one month communicates that the valuation system applies to living persons who have survived the first month — the period of highest infant mortality in the ancient world. The exclusion of newborns from the first month may reflect the same principle as the circumcision on the eighth day: the first week is a transitional period.
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