OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 27:25

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All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 25. Obols. Hebrew “gerah.” which were worth 1d.-2687; so that a sicle amounts to 2s. 3d.-375. Arbuthnot.

EXPLANATION

A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.

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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

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