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I will not offer ... anything that costs me nothing

This can be stated in a positive form. AT: "I will only offer ... something that I have paid for" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)

fifty shekels

"50 shekels." A shekel is 11 grams. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney)

on behalf of the land

Here the metonym "land" stands for the people of Israel. AT: "on behalf of the people of Israel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

caused the plague to be contained

"caused the plague to end"

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