Reference: Gerah

The smallest weight or coin among the Jews, the twentieth part of a shekel, and worth about two and a half cents, Ex 30:13.

a bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and also the smallest piece of money, among the Hebrews, equal to the twentieth part of a shekel (Ex 30:13; Le 27:25; Nu 3:47). This word came into use in the same way as our word "grain," from a grain of wheat.

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Gerah.

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