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Rules about Valuations

Leviticus 27:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
KJV
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
WEB
All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
ASV
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
LSV
And all your valuation is by the shekel of the holy place: the shekel is twenty gerahs.
YLT
And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.
DBY
And all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
DRC
All estimation shall be made according to the side of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
GNV
And all thy valuation shall bee according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie: a shekel conteyneth twenty gerahs.
JPS
And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
LXXE
And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְכָל־עֶרְכְּךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πᾶσα τιμὴ ἔσται σταθμίοις ἁγίοις· εἴκοσι ὀβολοὶ ἔσται τὸ δίδραχμον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 30:13Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
  • Numbers 18:16You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
  • Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
  • Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
  • Leviticus 27:3if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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