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13 This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.(A)

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13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

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  1. Exodus 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

47 you shall take five shekels apiece, reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, a shekel of twenty gerahs.(A)

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47 collect five shekels[a](A) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) which weighs twenty gerahs.(C)

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  1. Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

25 All assessments shall be by the sanctuary shekel: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.(A)

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25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) twenty gerahs(B) to the shekel.

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12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall make a mina for you.(A)

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12 The shekel[a] is to consist of twenty gerahs.(A) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.

26 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel) for everyone who was counted in the census, from twenty years old and up, for six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty men.(A)

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26 one beka per person,(A) that is, half a shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,(C) a total of 603,550 men.(D)

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  1. Exodus 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams

Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified

24 So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;[a] see to it yourselves.”(A)

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  1. 27.24 Other ancient authorities read this righteous blood or this righteous man’s blood

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar(A) was starting, he took water and washed his hands(B) in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”(C) he said. “It is your responsibility!”(D)

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Jesus and the Temple Tax

24 When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?”(A)

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The Temple Tax

24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax(A) came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

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