Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
Note 20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
Note That is, 60 shekels total; elsewhere, the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels weighed approximately 1.5 pounds or 683.8 grams.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Note a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
Note A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the shekel
- Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47