'Pounds' in the Bible
and three hundred shields of alloyed gold -- three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.
And of the heads of the fathers they have given to the treasure of the work, of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand and two hundred.
And that which the rest of the people have given is of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand, and of priests coats, sixty and seven.
and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come;
'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;
'And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;
And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds --
and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.