'Brass' in the Bible

and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only -- no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle,

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,

A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.