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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
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
Hosea 3:2
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Zechariah 11:12
I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.