22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a (A)gold ring weighing a [a]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her [b]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,

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  1. Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  2. Genesis 24:22 Lit hands

22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring(A) weighing a beka[a] and two gold bracelets(B) weighing ten shekels.[b]

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  1. Genesis 24:22 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
  2. Genesis 24:22 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

32 If the ox gores a male or female slave, [a]the owner shall give his or her master [b](A)thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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  1. Exodus 21:32 Lit he
  2. Exodus 21:32 About 15 oz. or 425 gm

32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels[a](A) of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

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  1. Exodus 21:32 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams

15 But the previous governors who were before me [a]laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so (A)because of my fear of God.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15 Lit made heavy

15 But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels[a] of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God(A) I did not act like that.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15 That is, about 1 pound or about 460 grams

10 Your food which you eat shall be (A)twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.

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10 Weigh out twenty shekels[a](A) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams