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1. www.gotquestions.org › sanctuary-shekelWhat was the sanctuary shekel? | GotQuestions.org

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   Jan 4, 2022 · This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.” Scholars are uncertain what exactly a shekel was, but here is one calculation of its value: the sanctuary shekel was defined as 20 gerahs. A gerah has been traditionally measured as 1/50 of an ounce, or 0.6 gram.

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2. biblehub.com › exodus › 30-13Exodus 30:13 Everyone who crosses over to those counted must ...

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   Leviticus 27:25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel. Numbers 3:47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.

3. www.chabad.org › library › article_cdoWhat's the value of the biblical half shekel? - Chabad.org

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   It is impossible to know silver's value in biblical times. At today's rate of approximately 17 US dollars per ounce, 8 grams of silver is around five dollars. 1. Rabbi Eliezer Posner. Footnotes. 1. There is a custom to give a half shekel to charity on the Fast of Esther (click here for more info on this tradition).

4. templeinstitute.org › half-shekel-offeringThe Half Shekel Offering - Temple Institute

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   The half shekel donation is a coin which is submitted to the Temple Treasury for the purpose of funding the building of the Holy Temple, the purchase of communal offerings and for the funding of the Temple service. It is a positive commandment of the Torah to give a Half Shekel donation each year, as it is written, (Exodus 30:13): “This they ...

5. torahtodayministries.org › lesson › the-half-shekelThe Half Shekel – Torah Today

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   1 Shekel = 20 Gerahs. ½ Shekel = 10 Gerahs = 1 Beka. Exodus 30:11-16 Adonai said to Moses, “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give an atonement for his soul to Adonai when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a ...

6. www.chabad.org › 2301414 › jewishHalf a Shekel - Parshas Shekalim - Chabad.org

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   The various aspects of the half-shekel contribution given in the times of the Beis HaMikdosh relate to the past, present, and future, and touch on the relationship between Jew and G‑d, between Jew and Jew, and between a Jew and himself. The mishnah states: 1 “On the first of Adar, public announcements are made concerning the shekalim.”.

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   What is a half shekel?

   • This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.” Scholars are uncertain what exactly a shekel was, but here is one calculation of its value: the sanctuary shekel was defined as 20 gerahs. A gerah has been traditionally measured as 1/50 of an ounce, or 0.6 gram.

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   What does the Bible say about a half shekel?

   • Exodus 30:13 speaks of a shekel of the sanctuary, stating, “Each one who crosses over to those already counted [in the census] is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.”

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   How many gerahs are in a shekel?

   • Throughout the Old Testament, the shekel was used to weigh gold (Genesis 24:22), cinnamon (Exodus 30:23), hair (2 Samuel 14:26), iron (2 Samuel 17:7), myrrh (Exodus 30:23), and food rations (Ezekiel 4:10). Outside of the Books of Moses, only one passage mentions the sanctuary shekel. Ezekiel 45:12 says, “The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs.

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   How many gerahs are in a sanctuary shekel?

   • Ezekiel 45:12 says, “The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.” Though not mentioned explicitly as the sanctuary shekel, the same amount is referenced.

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   What is a half shekel in Exodus 30?

   • Exodus 30:13 Everyone 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. Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

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   How much silver is in a half shekel?

   • Maimonides writes (Laws of Shekalim 1:5) that the half shekel mentioned in the Torah – the annual contribution every Jew was required to give to the Temple coffers – is equal to 160 grains of barley, which, in modern measurements, would be approximately eight grams of silver. It is impossible to know silver's value in biblical times.

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8. tonymaritis.medium.com › the-value-the-shekel-ofThe value the Shekel of the Sanctuary | by Tony — Antonakis ...

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   Sep 5, 2020 · The sanctuary shekel would then equal 0.4 of an ounce of gold (20 times 1/50 of an ounce), or 12 grams. Based on a price of $46.43 USD per gram, the approximate value of a sanctuary shekel would be $557.16, in today’s market as of the date of this writing. An important distinction is that the standard shekel and the sanctuary shekel were two ...