Numbers 3:48-50

3:48 And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons.”

3:49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites. 3:50 From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.


sn The word used is “silver.” Coins were not in existence until after 700 b.c. (starting with Lydia).