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
Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Numbers 3:47
collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).
Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels will be a mina for you.

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