Exodus 30:13
13Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
according to the bshekel of the sanctuary (the cshekel is twenty gerahs), ▼▼A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
ehalf a shekel as an offering to the Lord. Leviticus 27:25
25Every valuation shall be according to fthe shekel of the sanctuary: gtwenty gerahs ▼▼A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
shall make a shekel. Ezekiel 45:12
12 iThe shekel shall be twenty gerahs; ▼ twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina. ▼▼A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
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