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Apr 24, 2020 · "But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are [a]consecrated to the Lord; they [b]shall come into the treasury of the Lord.”- Joshua 6:19. What purpose does this treasury serve?
Evidently throughout the New Testament it has a twofold usage as describing. (1) material treasure, either money or other valuable material possession, and. (2) spiritual treasure, e.g. "like unto treasure hid in a field" (Matthew 13:44); "good treasure of the heart" (Matthew 12:35).
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A working knowledge of Bible coinsand the monetary system of first century Palestine will help us understand the Bible better, catching us up with the original readers who could take all of these things for granted as part of their culture. We often miss the implications of references to money because we do not understand the relative values involv...
The Roman governments in the first century had a three-metal money system. The aureus was there gold coin, followed by the denarius made of silver, and the sestertius and lepton of bronze. One aureus was worth 25 denarii, and one denarius was worth four sesterces. Other bronze and copper coins were worth various fractions of a sestertius. Also circ...
Because all of the coins so far mentioned typically bore the image of human beings, the Jews of the first century regarded them as unclean, since they ignored the prohibition against making graven images. The Hasmonean dynasty that ruled Palestine, in deference to the scruples of the Jews, minted coins that only had images of inanimate objects or p...
We start to get an idea of the value of these coins when we realize that the denarius was the daily wage of a common laborer. This is confirmed in Jesus parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16), in which the Vineyard owner agrees to pay each worker a denarius. Today a common laborer makes from $40 to $60 in a day. That would give us...
These rough estimates, then, illuminate to money in the New Testament. For example, when Jesus tells the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:23–35), he sets the service debt to the King at 10,000 talents (the equivalent of $3 billion) and his fellow servant’s debt at 100 denarii (about $5,000). We tend to underestimate the monetary value...
Understanding the money of first-century Palestine helps us to understand our New Testament that much better. A little study pays rich dividends. Most important in this study, however, is the emphatic question of Jesus: “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his sou...
In Europe and the Middle East, coins were not invented as a medium of exchange earlier than around 700 BCE. This means that most references to money in the Old Testament are referring to weights of gold or silver nuggets or ingots rather than to coins. Here is a sample of some significant money passages in the Old Testament: Genesis 23:1-20– Abraha...
“Roman currency”in Wikipedia. “Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement”in Wikipedia. “Jerusalem’s Tyrian Shekel”from Beged Ivri: The research and restoration site for ancient Israelite customs. “Roman Imperial Coins – the First Two Centuries,” from Doug Smith’s Ancient Coins (visit website) “Coinage, pp. 149–154 in James S. Jeffers – The Greco-R...
The Biblical currency and the money of the Bible was based entirely on the weight of gold, silver and bronze, Iron of Goliath's spear, ( 1 Samuel 17:7), myrrh and cinnamon (Exodus 30:23), Absalom's hair (2 Samuel 14:26)
Hezekiah listened to the entourage and showed them his entire treasury, including the silver, gold, and spices, the precious oil, his armory, and everything that was inventoried in his treasuries. There was nothing in his household or in his holdings that Hezekiah did not show them. ISV, YLT.
(2) Mikhman, treasure as hidden, used only in Daniel 11:43: "have power over the treasures of gold and silver." (3) Saphan, meaning hidden treasure or valuables concealed: "hidden treasures of the sand" (Deuteronomy 33:19). 4. Strength:
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(2) Mikhman, treasure as hidden, used only in Daniel 11:43: "have power over the treasures of gold and silver." (3) Saphan, meaning hidden treasure or valuables concealed: "hidden treasures of the sand" (Deuteronomy 33:19). 4. Strength:
