Thematic Bible: Of different standards


Thematic Bible



When he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, for it was heavy on him so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at 200 shekels by the king’s weight. Verse ConceptsHairsShavingCutting HairLong HairWeights Of Other ThingsTime Of YearHairweight

This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the Lord. Verse ConceptsCoinageCoinsFractions, One HalfComparative MeasuresValuation Of PeopleRight MeasuresTax To Be Paid