Numbers 3:47
five shekels.18:16; Le 27:6the shekel.50; Ex 30:13; Le 27:25; Eze 45:12Ezekiel 45:12
the shekel.Ex 30:13; Le 27:25; Nu 3:47twenty shekels.That is, 20 + 25 + 15 = 60; for the {maneh} as a weight was equal to sixty shekels, though as a coin it was only equal to fifty, weighing about 2 lb. 6 oz.; and reckoning the shekel at 2s. 6d. being in value 6£. 5s.
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