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Exodus 30:13

King James Version (KJV)

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This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

Exodus 30:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 30:13

Theological / Devotional

Half a shekel. A half shekel would weight about one fifth of an ounce (5.7 gr.), and a gerah one tenth of that amount.

The shekel of the sanctuary. Probably a standard of weight, not a different kind of shekel.

By SdaBc