Leviticus 27:25
in Leviticus 27Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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ASV
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
KJV
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseShekel of the sanctuary - A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary to try and regulate all the weights in the land by. See Gen 20:16; Gen 23:15.
This site's exposition
a field which he hath bought
on Leviticus 27:22-25
A field a man bought is handled on different terms from a field he inherited. He pays its worth up to the jubilee on the day he vows it, and at the jubilee the land goes back to the family it came from, so he gives away only the years he actually holds. Verse 25 fastens every figure in the chapter to one weight, the shekel of the sanctuary at twenty gerahs, which Exodus 30:13 had already fixed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And all thy estimation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary,....
34 These are the commandments, which the L ORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. A caution given that no man should make such a jest of sanctifying things to the Lord as to sanctify any firstling to him, for that was his already by the law,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
On the shekel and the gerah, see Exo 30:13, note; Exo 38:24, note.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֶרְכְּךָ֔ | ʾerkekha | valuation your | H6187 → | 33 times |
| יִהְיֶ֖ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל | beshekel | by [the] shekel of | H8255 → | 88 times |
| הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| גֵּרָ֖ה | gerah | gerah[s] | H1626 → | |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ ס | hashakel | the shekel | H8255 → | 88 times |
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
עֶרְכְּךָ֔valuation your
ʾerkekhaH6187 →33 times
יִהְיֶ֖הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלby [the] shekel of
beshekelH8255 →88 times
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
גֵּרָ֖הgerah[s]
gerahH1626 →
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ סthe shekel
hashakelH8255 →88 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:16
You 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 30:13
Through
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.
it leads to
- Numbers 3:47
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 17:24
After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
- Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
- Numbers 3:47
Through
Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:6
Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:6
Through
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.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:2–7
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
- Leviticus 27:2–7
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.