Leviticus 27:25 BSB

Leviticus 27:25

Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shekel 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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and every	H3605 →
עֶרְכְּךָ֔	'er.ke.Kha	valuation your	H6187 →
יִהְיֶ֖ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל	be.She.kel	by [the] shekel of	H8255 →
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ	ha.Ko.desh	the holy place	H6944 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
גֵּרָ֖ה	ge.Rah	gerah[s]	H1626 →
יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ ס	ha.Sha.kel	the shekel	H8255 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 27:3
if 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.
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 independent 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 independent paths from here.
Through
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.
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 independent 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 independent 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.
Through
Numbers 3:47
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
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.
Through
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.
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,

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Where the connections lead

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