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13 Each man who is counted must pay 1/2 shekel of silver. (That is 1/2 shekel by the official measure. This shekel weighs 20 gerahs.[a]) This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:13 gerahs 1/50 of an ounce (.6 g).

Again the servant answered Saul. “Look, I have a little bit of money.[a] Let’s give it to the man of God. Then he will tell us where we should go.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 9:8 a little bit of money Literally, “1/4 shekel of silver” (about 1/10 of an ounce).

32 “We will accept the responsibility for obeying the commands to take care of God’s Temple. We will give 1/3 shekel[a] of silver each year to support the Temple service to honor our God.

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  1. Nehemiah 10:32 1/3 shekel This was probably a coin at this time, but 1 shekel is 2/5 of an ounce (11.5 g).

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