Midrash for Kiddushin 33:7
מאי טעמא דרבי מאיר יליף ריקם (שמות לד, כ) ריקם מבכור מה להלן חמש סלעים אף כאן חמש סלעים
What is R'Meir's reason? - He learns the meaning of 'empty' from a firstborn:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here: thou shalt not let him go empty - Deut. XV, 13 ; firstborn; All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty - Ex. XXXIV, 20. A firstborn is redeemed with five shekels - Num. XVIII, 16.');"><sup>8</sup></span> just as there, five sela's is meant , so here too five sela's is mea Then perhaps five sela's in all? - Were 'empty' written at the end [of the verse],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Thou shalt furnish . . thy wine-press; and thou shalt not let him go empty.');"><sup>9</sup></span> [it would be] as you say.
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