97 verses contain “Shekel” (in the KJV: 86, in the BSB: 95) — showing 1–97
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My lord,
hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that
betwixt me and thee?
bury therefore thy dead.
“
Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me?
Bury your dead.”
And Abraham
hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the
audience of the sons of
Heth, four hundred
shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and
weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the
Hittites: four hundred
shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
earring of half a
shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold;
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Then there passed by Midianites
merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty
shekels of silver to the
Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
To all of them he gave each man changes of
raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of
raiment.
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
If the ox shall
push a
manservant or a
maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty
shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
If the ox gores a
manservant or
maidservant, the owner must pay thirty
shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
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.
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half
shekel, according to the sanctuary
shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half
shekel is an offering to the LORD.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a
shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls.
In making the offering to the LORD to
atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half
shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure
myrrh five hundred
shekels, and of sweet
cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty
shekels, and of sweet
calamus two hundred and fifty
shekels,
And of
cassia five hundred
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an
hin:
500
shekels of
cassia—all according to the sanctuary
shekel—and a
hin of olive oil.
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and
threescore and fifteen
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
A
bekah for every man, that is, half a
shekel, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
a beka per person, that is, half a
shekel, according to the sanctuary
shekel, from
everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five
shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and
filleted them.
With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
If a soul commit a
trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his
trespass unto the LORD a ram without
blemish out of the flocks, with thy
estimation by
shekels of silver, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for a
trespass offering:
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins
unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an
unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver
shekels according to the sanctuary
shekel; it is a guilt offering.
And thy
estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy
estimation shall be fifty
shekels of silver, after the
shekel of the sanctuary.
if the
valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your
valuation shall be fifty
shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary
shekel.
And if it be a female, then thy
estimation shall be thirty
shekels.
Or if it is a female, then your
valuation shall be thirty
shekels.
And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty
shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your
valuation for the male shall be twenty
shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five
shekels of silver, and for the female thy
estimation shall be three
shekels of silver.
Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your
valuation for the male shall be five
shekels of silver, and for the female three
shekels of silver.
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen
shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your
valuation shall be fifteen
shekels for the male and ten
shekels for the female.
And if a man shall
sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy
estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty
shekels of silver.
If a man consecrates to the LORD a
parcel of his land, then your
valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty
shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
Every
valuation will be according to the sanctuary
shekel, twenty gerahs to the
shekel.
Thou shalt even take five
shekels apiece by the
poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the
shekel is twenty gerahs:)
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Of the
firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and
threescore and five
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
He collected the money from the
firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365
shekels, according to the sanctuary
shekel.
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One
spoon of ten
shekels of gold, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
The offering he presented was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One
spoon of gold of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty
shekels, a silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
His offering was one silver
platter weighing a hundred and thirty
shekels, and one silver
bowl weighing seventy
shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
One golden
spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
one gold
dish weighing ten
shekels, filled with incense;
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty
shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels
weighed two thousand and four hundred
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
Each silver
platter weighed a hundred and thirty
shekels, and each silver
bowl seventy
shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred
shekels, according to the sanctuary
shekel.
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty
shekels.
The twelve gold dishes filled with incense
weighed ten
shekels each, according to the sanctuary
shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty
shekels.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine
estimation, for the money of five
shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
You are to pay the
redemption price for a month-old male according to your
valuation: five
shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary
shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD
weighed 16,750
shekels.
And they shall
amerce him in an hundred
shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the
damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
They are also to fine him a hundred
shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the
damsel’s father fifty
shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty
shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has
violated her. He must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
When I saw among the spoils a goodly
Babylonish garment, and two hundred
shekels of silver, and a
wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I
coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are
hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful
cloak from
Shinar, two hundred
shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty
shekels, I
coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver
underneath.”
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred
shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple
raiment that was on the kings of
Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700
shekels, in addition to the
crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of
Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
So they gave him seventy
shekels of silver from the temple of
Baal-berith, with which
Abimelech hired some worthless and
reckless men to follow him.
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to
afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “
Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to
tie him up and
subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred
shekels of silver.”
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
said to his mother, “The eleven hundred
shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a
curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
And when he had restored the eleven hundred
shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a
graven image and a
molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
And when he had returned the eleven hundred
shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly
dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a
graven image and a
molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred
shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a
molten image: and they were in the house of
Micah.
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred
shekels of silver and gave them to a
silversmith, who made them into a
graven image and a
molten idol. And they were placed in the house of
Micah.
And
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten
shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of
apparel, and thy
victuals. So the
Levite went in.
“Stay with me,”
Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten
shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the
Levite went in
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
Yet they had a
file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads.
And he had an
helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of
mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
and he had a bronze
helmet on his head. He
wore a bronze coat of
mail weighing five thousand
shekels,
And the staff of his
spear was like a
weaver’s beam; and his
spear’s head
weighed six hundred
shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
The shaft of his
spear was like a
weaver’s beam, and its iron point
weighed six hundred
shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
And when he
polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he
polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he
polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred
shekels after the king’s weight.
And when he cut the hair of his head—he
shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would
weigh it out to be two hundred
shekels, according to the royal standard.
And
Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why
didst thou not
smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten
shekels of silver, and a
girdle.
“You just saw him!”
Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten
shekels of silver and a
warrior’s belt!”
And the man said unto
Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and
Abishai and Ittai, saying,
Beware that none touch the young man
Absalom.
The man replied, “Even if a thousand
shekels of silver were
weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and
Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man
Absalom for my sake.’
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the
giant, the weight of whose
spear weighed three hundred
shekels of brass in weight, he being
girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Then Ishbi-benob, a
descendant of Rapha, whose bronze
spear weighed three hundred
shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
And the king said unto Araunah,
Nay; but I will surely
buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which
doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver.
“No,” replied the king, “I
insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the
threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of gold went to one
target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
And a
chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
A
chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred
shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the
Hittites and to the kings of
Aram.
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
raiment.
“Go now,” said the king of
Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So
Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand
shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an
ass’s head was sold for
fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a
cab of
dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a
donkey’s head sold for eighty
shekels of silver, and a quarter
cab of
dove’s dung sold for five
shekels of silver.
Then
Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To
morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then
Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a
seah of fine flour will sell for a
shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel.’”
And the people went out, and
spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Then the people went out and
plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a
seah of fine flour sold for a
shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a
shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to
morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel, and a
seah of fine flour will sell for a
shekel.”
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
And they
fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a
chariot for six hundred
shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
A
chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred
shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the
Hittites and to the kings of
Aram.
And the weight of the
nails was fifty
shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
The weight of the
nails was fifty
shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went to one
target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred
shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of
Lebanon.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty
shekels of silver;
yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
The governors before me had
heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine
plus forty
shekels of silver. Their servants also
oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
We also place ourselves under the obligation to
contribute a third of a
shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Solomon had a
vineyard at
Baal-
hamon; he let out the
vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
Solomon had a
vineyard in
Baal-
hamon. He
leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand
shekels of silver.
My
vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
But my own
vineyard is mine to give; the thousand
shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and
weighed him the money, even seventeen
shekels of silver.
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I
weighed out seventeen
shekels of silver.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
You are to
weigh out twenty
shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
And the
shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty
shekels, five and twenty
shekels, fifteen
shekels, shall be your
maneh.
The
shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty
shekels plus twenty-five
shekels plus fifteen
shekels will equal one
mina.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the
ephah small, and the
shekel great, and
falsifying the balances by
deceit?
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the
ephah and increase the
shekel; let us
cheat with
dishonest scales.
Moreover I give every year fifteen thousand
shekels of silver out of the king’s accounts from the places
appertaining.
And beside this, the five thousand
shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they
appertain to the priests that minister.
