“Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)”
You shall take five shekels for each one individually — the redemption price of five shekels per excess firstborn establishes a fixed valuation. The shekel becomes a standard unit of covenant obligation, used for temple tax and other sacred payments throughout Israel's history.
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