21 and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel[a] for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel[b] for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:21 Hebrew was a pim
  2. 1 Samuel 13:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. 1 Samuel 13:21 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

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