Numbers 3:47

47you shall take afive shekels
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
per head; you shall take them according to cthe shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs
A  gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
),

Ezekiel 45:12

12 eThe 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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