Genesis 23:15

15“My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred ashekels
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Genesis 24:22

22When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel,
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,

Ezekiel 45:12

12 dThe shekel shall be twenty gerahs;
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a  gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
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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