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Selected Verse: Leviticus 27:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 27:25 |
King James |
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| On the shekel and the gerah, see Exo 30:13, note; Exo 38:24, note. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The shekel - About 2s. 6d. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shekel of the sanctuary - A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary to try and regulate all the weights in the land by. See Gen 20:16; Gen 23:15. |
24 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.
13 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.
15 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.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.