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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
And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen, and they drew and lifted Joseph up out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Hosea 3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
Zechariah 11:12
And I said to them, If ye think good, give me my wage, and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wage thirty [pieces] of silver.