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.

Bible References

A shekel is

Leviticus 27:25
And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel, - twenty gerahs, make the shekel.
Numbers 3:47
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, - by the shekel of the sanctuary, shalt thou take it, twenty gerahs to the shekel;
Ezekiel 45:12
and the shekel shall be twenty gerahs, - twenty shekels five and twenty shekels and fifteen shekels, the weight shall be to you.