Bamidbar 3:47 · unit 1 — five shekels apiece

Parashas Bamidbar

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ תִּקָּ֔ח עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃

take five shekels per head—take this by the sanctuary weight, twenty gerahs to the shekel—

Chabad.org — 3:47

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to TT / Bechoros procedure (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

English: “And you shall take five\ldots” — How did he do it? He brought 22,000 lots and wrote on them “son of Levi,” and on 273 he wrote “five shekels.”