Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
A shekel is
Bible References
A shekel is
Leviticus 27:25
And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Numbers 3:47
Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
Ezekiel 45:12
And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels