13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

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32 “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel[a] each year for the service of the house of our God:

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:32 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

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