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Summary
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
Seventeen shekels of silver
Bible References
Seventeen shekels of silver
Genesis 37:28
Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Hosea 3:2
So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Zechariah 11:12
I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.