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Selected Verse: Leviticus 27:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 27:25 |
Strong Concordance |
And all thy estimations [06187] shall be according to the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: twenty [06242] gerahs [01626] shall be the shekel [08255]. |
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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 [02091] that was occupied [06213] for the work [04399] in all the work [04399] of the holy [06944] place, even the gold [02091] of the offering [08573], was twenty [06242] and nine [08672] talents [03603], and seven [07651] hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].
13 This they shall give [05414], every one that passeth [05674] among [05921] them that are numbered [06485], half [04276] a shekel [08255] after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: (a shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:) an half [04276] shekel [08255] shall be the offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].
15 My lord [0113], hearken [08085] unto me: the land [0776] is worth four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701]; what is that betwixt [0996] me and thee? bury [06912] therefore thy dead [04191].
16 And unto Sarah [08283] he said [0559], Behold, I have given [05414] thy brother [0251] a thousand [0505] pieces of silver [03701]: behold, he is to thee a covering [03682] of the eyes [05869], unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved [03198].